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A 

LITERAL    TRANSLATION 


OF   THB 


BOOK    OF    PSALMS, 


VOL.  I. 


London  : 

rr'mfcd  by  A.  Srom«:wooi>i-, 

Ntw-Stri'ct-S<iuarc. 


'D\h\t.    0T>    rs»oi\Y>o«b.    £v^3V.sV^.     it^-VL. 


LITERAL    TRANSLATION 


BOOK    OF    PSALMS 


iNTENnrn  to   ii.i.iistkate  tiifir 


rOETICAL   AND    MORAL   STRUCTURE 


TO     WHICH     ARK     ADDEn 

DISSERTATIONS 

ON  THE  "WORD  SF.LAII,    AND  ON  THE  AUTnOUSniP,  ORPEK,  TITLES, 
AND  POETICAL  FEATURES  OF  THE  PSALMS. 


THE     EEV,    JOHN     JEBB,     A.M. 

RECTOR    OF    rfiTEKSTOW,    IN    TIfK    DIOCESE    OF    IIERFFORH. 


I  liolil  it  for  a  most  infallible  rule  in  expositions  of  sacrod  Scripture,  tliat 
where  a  literal  construction  will  stand,  the  farthest  from  llio  letter  is  conunonly 
the  worst.  Hooker. 


IN     TWO     VOLLMES. 
VOL.    I. 


LONDON: 
LONGMAN,    BROWN,    GREEN,    AND    LONGMANS, 


PATKRNOSTER-ROW, 

1846. 


npo<f>i}Tivti  Tu  /jf'XXoJTO*  tffToiuug  VTrofJu^ti'ifft^Ei'  roi.ioOtre~i  rw  pio)' 
virorlOt-di  TU  TrpriKTta'  k(u  uTru^cnrXwg  Kou'dr  TUfxu'inv  ioTir  ayaQdv 
Zitayudruyy,  to  tKucTTO)  irpucipoiwy  khtU  ti)i'  iTriyntXtiaj'  t£,evpi(TKov(Ta. 

S.  Basil.    Ilomil.  in  Psalm.  I. 


THE  REVEREND  CHARLES  EORSTER,  B.l). 


ONE    OF    THE    SIX    rREACIIEUS    Ol'    THE    CATIIEDKAL    OF    ClllMST, 
CANTKUUUHV, 

AND    RECTOR    OF    STISTEU,    ESSEX. 


My  dear  Mr.  Forster, 

An  almost  instinctive  feeling  makes  me  desire 
to  connect  a  work,  winch  has  occupied  the  leisure 
of  several  years,  Avith  the  name  of  an  old  and  con- 
stant friend;  a  name  ever  to  be  associated  in  my 
mind  with  its  dearest  and  holiest  recollections.  In 
addition  to  this  feeling,  I  must  express  how  deep 
and  consolatory  is  the  reflection,  that  he,  to  whom 
above  any  one  now  living,  I  owe  the  early  inculca- 
tion of  principles  in  which  I  hope  to  live  and  die, 
has,  by  precept  and  example,  shown  to  the  children 


VI  DEDICATION. 

ot"  II  i'aiiit-licai-tc'd  iind  vacillating  generation,  liow 
unswervingly  those  principles  can  be  niaiutaincd  : 
how  a  cordial  allegiance  can  be  i)aid  to  good  old 
English  theology,  and  to  the  real  spirit,  botli  in  doc- 
trine and  practice,  of  the  Church  of  England. 

Ijclicvc  nie  to  be. 

Your  ever  ailectionate  friend, 

JOHN  JEBi;. 


IVtcistow  Hector}', 
'Jiitli  Sfptomber,  lM4t). 


CONTENTS 


THE     FIRST     V  O  L  U  M  E. 


Introduction 


Page 


Translation  of  the  Book  of  Psalms: 

Part  I.     Psalm  i.  to  xli.  inclusive          -  -  -       1 

Part  11.    Psalm  xlii.  to  Ixxii.  inclusive  -  -  -     81 

Part  III.  Psalm  Ixxiii.  to  Ixxxix.  inclusive  -  -   147 

Part  IV.  Psalm  xc.  to  cvi.  inclusive       -  -  -   193 

Part  V.     Psalm  cvii.  to  cl.  inclusive      -  -  -  231 

Appendix.     The  Prayer  of  Ilabakkuk          -  -  -  313 


INTRODUCTION. 


It  was  not  the  original  design  of  the  author  to  under- 
take that  which  at  present  forms  the  principal  feature 
in  his  work,  the  translation  of  the  whole  Book  of 
Psalms.  He  is  desirous  of  stating  this,  and  of  ex- 
plaining the  reasons  for  the  enlargement  of  his 
original  plan,  from  a  consciousness  that  the  attempt, 
on  the  part  of  a  private  individual,  to  give  a  new 
version  of  any  part  of  Holy  Scripture,  requires  the 
assignment  of  some  very  distinct  and  specific  reason, 
to  vindicate  him  from  the  imputation  of  presumption, 
or  of  a  love  of  innovation. 

About  eleven  years  ago,  while  in  the  discharge  of 
his  parochial  duties,  he  found  it  expedient,  during 
the  season  of  Lent,  to  deliver  a  course  of  four  ser- 
mons upon  the  thirty-second  Psalm,  taking,  as  the 
subject  of  each,  one  of  the  four  moral  portions  into 
which  that  Psalm  is  plainly  divisible;  the  whole 
marking  the  progress,  by  certain  defined  stages,  of 
true  repentance,  which  begins  in  tears,  but  ends  in 
joy.  It  was  not  till  this  course  was  nearly  concluded, 
that  it  occurred  to  him  to  observe,  that  the  word 
Selah,  three  times  used  in  this  Psalm,  clearly  dis- 
criminated each  of  these  moral  portions.  The  fact, 
however,  appeared  so  very  remarkable,  that  he  was 
induced  to   examine  other   Psalms,   in   order  to  see 


X  INTRODUCTION. 

whether  the  word  in  questiuii  discharged  the  same 
function,  of  marking  the  divisions  of  the  subject  with 
any  degree  of  uniformity.  This  it  clearly  appeared  to 
do,  in  many  instances.  Still  a  large  number  of  cases 
seemed  so  very  doubtful,  and  the  reason  of  its  partial 
insertion  so  very  obscure,  that  he  did  not  feel  justi- 
fied in  drawing  any  universal  conclusion  from  what 
might,  after  all,  be  only  a  particular  premise.  The 
subject,  however,  was  one  to  which  he  recurred 
from  time  to  time,  and  to  which  the  study  of  other 
and  independent  parts  of  biblical  criticism  brought 
him  back  ;  till  at  length  the  difficulties  attending  the 
elucidation  of  the  word  seemed  naturally  to  clear  up, 
and  an  uniform  and  consistent  theory  gradually  to 
unfold  itself.  The  proofs  of  this,  supplied  by  the 
internal  structure  of  the  Psalms,  were  further  con- 
firmed, by  the  conjectural  and  traditional  expla- 
nations given  by  the  early  writers,  both  Jewish  and 
Christian ;  explanations  which,  however  ai)parently 
discordant,  appeared  not  only  easily  reconcilcable, 
but  to  be  of  mutual  use  in  confirming  a  common 
truth. 

The  details  of  the  theory  -which  was  at  length 
matured,  and  which  it  is  the  business  of  the  first 
Dissertation  in  the  second  volume  of  this  work  to 
explain,  had  so  gradually  and  unconstrainedly  fallen 
into  their  places  in  the  autlior's  mind,  tliat  he  could 
nut  but  feel  a  strong  persuasion  of  their  truth,  espe- 
cially as  he  was  not  prejudiced  in  favour  of  any 
system.  After  tlie  delay  of  some  years,  during  wliich 
time  he  frequently  reconsidered  and  tested  this 
theory,    he    proposed  to   make   it    the  subject   of   an 


INTRODUCTION.  XI 

Essay,  In  order  to  exhibit  it  fairly  to  the  reader,  it 
was  found  necessary  to  give  those  Psalms  in  wliieh  it 
occurred,  at  full  length,  arranged  in  the  metrical 
order,  and  in  the  stanzas  into  which  they  are  obvi- 
ously divisible,  as  these  arrangements  were  closely 
connected  with  the  use  of  the  word  Selah.  But  it 
soon  was  found  expedient  also  to  arrange  the  words 
as  nearly  as  possible  in  the  sequence  of  the  original ; 
since  upon  this  a  great  deal  of  the  force  of  Hebrew 
poetry  depends.  Another  particular  soon  suggested 
itself,  which  was,  to  render  the  same  Hebrew  word 
uniformly  by  the  same  English  word,  whenever  the 
idiom  of  our  language,  and  the  propriety  of  the 
context,  would  so  allow.  The  issue  was  a  new  trans- 
lation of  all  the  Psalms  in  which  Selah  occurred ; 
not  for  the  arrogant  and  unattainable  design  (Avhich 
no  one  can  more  deprecate),  of  improving  upon  our 
two  inimitable  versions,  but  for  the  mere  object  of 
exhibiting  to  the  eye  the  poetical  structure  of  these 
divine  poems.  It  is  obvious  that  in  the  execution  of 
this  plan,  many  expressions  must  appear  uncouth, 
and  many  arrangements  awkward  :  but  when  the 
idiom  of  the  language  did  not  positively  Ibrbid  these, 
the  object  of  the  proposed  work  required  their  adop- 
tion. But  as  no  point  of  sacred  criticism  is  wholly 
insulated,  the  progress  of  this  partial  translation 
suggested,  before  long,  the  translation  of  the  whole. 
Had  the  essay  on  Selah  continued  to  be  the  sole 
object  of  the  critical  part  of  the  work,  such  a  task 
would  have  appeared  not  wholly  inexpedient,  since 
that  word  is  a  key  to  poetical  construction,  which  has 
place  in  Psalms  where  Selah  is  not  found,  and  to  the 


XU  INTRODUCTION. 

illiistratioM  of  ^vllicll  tlie  same  iiietliod  of  translation 
as  tliat  now  described  is  subservient.  15ut  some 
other  cognate  topics,  whicli  had  long  lain  in  his 
mind,  as  tliat  of  the  Titles  of  the  Psalms,  liad 
meantime  suggested  themselves,  as  not  altogether 
unconnected  with  the  primary  subject.  These  were 
accordingly  taken  up,  and  thrown  into  the  form  of 
the  four  succeeding  Dissertations  in  the  second 
volume,  all  having  reference  to  the  direct  and  obvious 
interpretation  of  the  Psalms,  and  to  the  contem- 
plation of  that  portion  of  Holy  Scripture  as  one 
complete  and  connected  book. 

Whatever  judgment  from  the  learned  these  efforts 
may  deserve,  this,  at  least,  can  be  said  with  all 
sincerity,  that  they  are  not  the  result  of  ideas  sud- 
denly or  recently  adopted.  There  is  hardly  any 
thing  more  injurious  to  the  cause  of  theological 
soundness  and  sacred  truth,  than  the  crude  and 
inconsiderate  putting  forth  of  doubts  and  difhculties, 
on  the  one  hand,  and  of  hasty  and  fanciful  solutions, 
on  the  other.  Any  such  error  he  has  conscientiously 
endeavoured  to  avoid.  At  the  same  time,  it  is  suffi- 
ciently notorious,  that  no  theory,  however  impartially 
and  honestly  worked  out,  however  diligently  elicited 
by  the  IJaconian  method  of  experiment,  altogether 
loses  its  enticing  influence  over  the  mind  ;  and  those 
who  are  most  unprejudiced  at  the  beginning  of  their 
labours,  are  unconsciously  swayed  more  or  less  by 
ideal  suggestions  during  their  progress.  From  this 
influence  the  writer  of  these  pages  cannot  hope  to  be 
altogether  free. 

It  is  here  in  place  to  state,  that  when  the  tlieory  of 


INTRODUCTION.  XIU 

Sclah  had  been  altogether  completed,  and  the  essay- 
nearly  ready  for  the  press,  it  occurred  to  the  author 
to  consult  a  work  whicli  he  liad  hitherto  known  by 
name  only,  the  Gnomon  Psalmorum  of  Philip  David 
Burkius,  an  eminent  and  able  scholar  of  the  school  of 
Bengel,  in  those  days  when  Germany  still  preserved 
much  of  her  ancient  theological  dignity  and  sound- 
ness. He  opened  the  book  without  any  expectation 
of  deriving  more  assistance  from  it  than  from  other 
commentators,  from  none  of  whom  had  he  received 
any  confirmation  of  his  own  views,  Avith  the  excep- 
tion of  St.  Hilary,  and  one  of  the  writers  whose 
works  are  falsely  attributed  to  St.  Chrysostom.  To 
his  surprize,  however,  he  found  that  Burkius  had 
asserted,  and  elucidated  in  detail,  the  main  principle 
illustrated  in  the  present  work,  namely,  that  Selah 
is  a  mark  of  division.  In  the  details  of  his  theory,  as 
might  be  expected,  considerable  differences  were 
found  ;  none  of  these,  however,  had  the  effect  of  dis- 
turbing the  views  already  adopted.  It  has  not  been 
thought  expedient  to  quote  the  explanations  of  Bur- 
kius in  the  present  work.  This  main  coincidence 
of  opinions,  being  altogether  undesigned,  ought  on 
that  very  account  to  be  the  more  valuable,  and  make 
the  soundness  of  the  theory  appear  the  more  pro- 
bable ;  and  it  therefore  seems  sufficient  to  refer  the 
biblical  scholar  to  a  work,  most  valuable  on  many 
accounts,  and  fully  deserving  of  holding  a  place 
by  the  Gnomon  Novi  Testamcnti  of  the  celebrated 
Bengel. 

He  must  further  state,  that  his  consultation  of  St. 
Hilar}^,  and  a  casual  perusal  of  E.  J.  Grove,  an  accom- 


Xiv  INTRODUCTION. 

plislictl  Dutch  critic",  both  of  whom  partially  con- 
firmed his  view,  were  subsequent  to  his  forming  his 
conclusions. 

The  literal  interpretation  of  Holy  Scripture  liaving 
been  plainly  avowed  by  the  quotation  from  Hooker 
in  the  title-page,  as  the  principle  to  which  the  pre- 
sent work  adheres,  it  may  be  well  to  make  a  few 
observations,  somewhat  in  detail,  upon  a  subject 
much  spoken  of  at  present,  and  yet  liable  to  great 
misconstruction,  namely,  the  mystical  method  of  in- 
terpretation. 

No  expression,  perhaps,  has  been  more  variously 
understood.  ]3y  some  it  is  intended  to  signify  the 
figurative  and  allegorical,  the  recondite  and  secon- 
dary meaning ;  by  others  it  is  taken  to  comprehend 
all  that  is  moral  and  intellectual.  These  two  classes 
of  opinions  have  their  various  shades  and  degrees, 
some  taking  a  more  comprehensive,  others  a  more 
limited  acceptation. 

If  we  take  the  scholastic  interpretation  of  the  word*', 
it  is  said  to  mean  that  which  is  not  proximate,  but 
remote :  it  will  designate  therefore  the  secondary 
meaning  of  Scripture,  which  consists  either  of  the 
antitype,  or  the  reality  (the  type  or  allegory  being 
tlie  proximate  meaning),  and  will  also  include  that 
prophetical  meaning,  which  does  not  consist  of  type 
and  antitype,  ])ut  is  literal,  though  still  remote,  un- 
fulfilled, and  not  yet  understood. 

Tho  tlireo  divisions  of  tliis  mystical  sense  are, — 


•  Tractatus  «lc  Metris  Hebrtcis,  pracscrtiin  .7ol)a;is.     Appcndcvl  lo  liis 
Ultima  Capita  Lil)rl  .Tolii.     Davciitriae  :   17H8,   17!>1. 
''  See  Menochius,  rrolcf;.  in  Sacr.  Scrij)t.     Cap.  xx. 


INTRODUCTION.  XV 

First,  the  allegorical;  which  would  seem  to  include 
allegories  properly  so  called,  that  is,  as  Bishop  Marsh 
observes^  fictitious  narratives  or  parables,  which  il- 
lustrate the  real  or  secondary  sense :  and  types^  or 
realities,  which  are  taken  to  represent  or  prefigure 
other  realities. 

Secondly,  the  tropological,  which  has  reference  to 
a  moral  meaning.  Thirdly,  the  anagogical,  which 
has  reference  to  heaven,  or  the  world  to  come. 

Now  these  two  last  divisions  at  least  seem  inartifi- 
cial and  inadequate.  For  it  is  not  always,  or  gene- 
rally, that  the  moral  meaning  is  remote :  it  is  often 
proximate,  and  literal,  and  the  only  one  which  can 
be  elicited  from  the  passage.  The  same  may  be  said 
of  the  anagogical.  Both  are  frequently  used  in  a 
direct  and  perfectly  intelligible  sense. 

Mr.  Jones  of  Nayland,  in  his  first  lecture  on  the 
figurative  language  of  Scripture,  defines  "  speaking 
in  a  mystery"  thus:  "  to  reveal  some  heavenly  doc- 
trine under  some  outward  and  visible  sign  of  it." 

But  there  is  a  far  better  classification  of  the  subject 
by  Bishop  Van  Mildert.*"  He  defines  (1.)  the  literal 
meaning  to  be  that  which  the  words  signify  in  their 
natural  and  proper  acceptation:  (2.)  the  figurative, 
that  which  they  do  not  naturally  denote,  but  which 
they  nevertheless  intend,  under  some  figure  or  form 
of  speech  :  a  transfer  of  words  from  one  signification 

"  In  his  Fifth  Lecture  on  the  Interpretation  of  the  Bible,  p.  357. 
edit.  1828.  There  are  many  useful  observations  on  the  subject  of  Sa- 
cred Criticism  in  these  Lectures.  But  it  is  more  than  (juestionablo 
whether  Bishop  Marsh  did  service  to  the  Church  by  making  IVIichaelis 
familiar  to  the  English  reader ;  a  writer,  whatever  his  ability  may  be, 
most  presumptuous  and  unsound. 

''  Hampton  Lectures,  7th  Sermon,  pp.  221 — 22.5.     Edit.  1815. 


XVI  INTRODUCTION. 

to  another.  Both  these  belong  to  the  verbal  signifi- 
cation, in  other  words,  to  the  direct  and  only  mean- 
ing of  the  passages  in  which  they  occur.  (3.)  The 
spiritual  and  mystical  (often  improperly  confounded 
with  the  figurative)  stand  in  contradistinction  to 
these  ;  signifying  the  more  recondite  or  remote  sense, 
founded,  not  on  the  transfer  of  words  from  one  signi- 
fication to  another,  but  on  the  entire  application  of 
the  matter  itself  to  a  different  subject.  He  makes 
here  a  distinction  between  mysterious  and  mystic ;  the 
former  meaning  something  above  our  comprehension, 
though  conveyed  in  the  plainest  language  and  in  the 
literal  sense ;  the  latter,  a  sense  superadded  to  the  ob- 
vious signification. 

Now  it  is  in  this  sense  that  I  would  be  understood 
as  taking  the  words  mystic,  and  mystical  interpretation. 
The  definition  made  by  Bishop  Van  Mildert  is  best, 
for  the  sake  of  clearness  (its  etjmiological  accuracy 
is  quite  another  question).  For  if  it  be  applied  more 
extensively  to  every  remote  and  recondite  meaning, 
great  confusion  may  arise.  The  prophetical  meaning, 
for  instance,  of  a  large  portion  of  the  Psalms,  was 
remote  and  hidden  from  the  Jews  before  our  Lord's 
Advent,  as"  are  a  large  portion  of  the  yet  unful- 
filled prophecies  to  us :  and  yet  these  are  often  ex- 
pressed as  literally  and  plainly  as  words  can  convey 
them.  Such  arc  the  prophecies  of  our  Lord's  Incar- 
nation in  Isaiah,  and  of  his  Crucifixion  and  the  accom- 
panying circumstances  in  the  Psahns.  Tlicrcforc,  tlie 
literal  interpretation  of  these  passages  must  be  iden- 
tical with  their  prophetical  sense;  they  are  not  the 
antitypes  of  any  types :  tliey  are  actual  facts  plainly 


INTRODUCTION.  Xvii 

told.  In  the  same  manner,  the  more  remote  meaning 
is  often  the  literal  one,  that  which  the  words  in  their 
proximate  sense,  though  not  in  their  proximate  appli- 
cation, signify.  Such  is  the  passage,  "  thou  wilt  not 
leave  my  soul  in  hell,  neither  wilt  thou  suffer  thy 
holy  One  to  see  corruption  :  "  a  sense  literally  fulfilled 
in  our  Lord,  whose  body  never  underwent  the  decays 
of  death ;  and  only  imperfectly  applicable  to  the 
prophet  who  uttered  them. 

The  mystical  meaning,  therefore,  in  the  present 
work,  is  restricted  to  typical  or  allegorical  passages. 
And  when  we  speak  of  the  literal  meaning,  we  mean 
the  type,  or  allegory,  that  signification  of  the  passage, 
which,  whether  it  be  the  presentation  of  a  real  object, 
or  of  a  parabolical  figure,  immediately  comes  before 
our  notice. 

It  must  be  admitted  even  by  the  most  extra- 
vagant upholders  of  a  mystical  meaning,  even  of 
those  who,  like  the  Cabalists  of  old,  would  under- 
stand every  the  simplest  passage  of  Scripture  to  con- 
tain a  mystery,  that  in  order  rightly  to  understand 
the  secondary  meaning,  we  must  have  a  full  appre- 
hension of  the  primary.  It  is  well  remarked  by 
Bishop  Marsh'',  that  "  in  all  cases  the  literal  meaning 
of  a  word  must  be  the  first  object  of  our  inquiry,  be- 
cause its  figurative"  (or  to  speak  more  properly,  its 
symbolical  or  secondary)  "  meaning  is  only  an  ap- 
plied meaning;  and  to  judge  of  the  propriety  of  the 
application,  we  must  understand  the  nature  of  the 
thing  applied."     This  is  the  plain  dictate  of  common 

•  Lect.  4.  on  the  Interpretation  of  the  Bible,  p.  336. 
VOL.   I.  n 


xviii  INTRODUCTION. 

sense.  AVe  must  measure  that  which  is  less  known, 
or  less  distinct,  or  more  remote,  by  that  which  is 
better  known,  more  palpable,  or  proximate.  AVe 
must  have  a  clear  conception  of  those  more  familiar 
features  with  which  we  are  to  seek  an  analogy ;  we 
nuist  distinctly  understand  tliose  circumstances  of 
history  or  of  biography  which  are  made  the  types  of 
things  less  historical  or  personal ;  those  incidents  of 
external  life  and  of  human  nature,  that  are  consti- 
tuted the  measures  by  which  the  concerns  of  the 
more  hidden  life  and  a  more  ethereal  nature  are 
brought  to  our  apprehension.  Indeed,  unless  this 
accuracy  be  observed,  the  study  of  God's  "Word,  the 
knowledge  of  his  Divine  mysteries,  the  knowledge  of 
ourselves  and  of  Him  who  made  us  must  be  vague 
and  inaccurate  in  the  extreme ;  we  must  even  become 
incapable  of  fixing  the  foundations  of  truth  itself  in 
our  minds.  As  well  might  one  hope  to  comprehend 
the  higher  branches  of  science,  of  astronomy  in  par- 
ticular, witliout  ha^^ng  a  clear  conception  of  lines 
and  angles,  and  of  those  laws  of  motion  Avhich  regu- 
late the  most  humble  operations  of  mechanics  in  this 
lower  world,  as  to  rightly  understand  the  higher 
mysteries  of  God,  without  having  a  clear  comprehen- 
sion of  those  more  proximate  and  inferior  objects 
which  he  has  appointed  to  be  the  means  of  learning 
first  principles. 

The  progress  of  unhealthy  mysticism  has  been  such, 
that  self-evident  considerations  like  these  require  to 
be  distinctly  re-asserted  at  the  present  hour.  That 
unrestrained  licentiousness  of  thought,  or  rather  of 
fancy,  which  deserves  to  be  called  by  a  less  exalted 


INTRODUCTION.  XIX 

name  than  that  of  mysticism,  so  readily  assumed,  must 
be  in  the  end  auxiliary  to  rationalism.  It  has  the 
same  tendency  to  throw  into  the  shade,  and  even  to 
induce  a  scepticism  of,  the  facts  of  Holy  Scripture. 
For  he  who  is  so  engrossed  by  the  secondary  mean- 
ing, as  to  overlook  or  neglect  the  historical  (as  in  the 
events  of  David's  life,  so  amply  exhibited  in  the 
Psalms),  will  not  only  thus  lose  the  important  lessons 
which  that  history  directly  inculcates,  but  will  learn 
to  regard  history  itself  as  a  thing  of  little  import- 
ance, and  may  ultimately  come  to  look  upon  it  as  a 
fable ;  or  as  a  "  myth^''  according  to  the  indulgent 
term  invented  by  the  Germans,  and  introduced  into, 
but  it  is  to  be  hoped,  not  naturalized  in  our  language. 
There  is,  however,  another  danger  attending  a  similar 
treatment  of  those  passages  whose  direct  meaning 
has  reference  to  the  wants,  the  sins,  the  infirmities  of 
human  nature,  the  progress  of  repentance,  the  growth 
of  grace,  the  advance  in  holiness,  the  resistance  of 
temptation ;  in  a  word,  all  that  is  technically  called 
tropological,  all  that  refers  to  the  moral  nature  of 
man.  The  direct  teaching  afforded  by  these  pas- 
sages is  continually  deserted,  in  order  that  their  re- 
condite reference,  real  or  supposed,  to  the  future 
mysteries  of  God's  kingdom,  to  our  blessed  Lord's 
ministry,  and  to  his  divine  and  eternal  nature,  may 
be  sought.  Thus  will  men  seek  to  pry  into  the 
higher  things  of  God's  spiritual  dispensation,  before 
they  have  endeavoured  to  discipline  their  minds,  and 
prepare  themselves  for  his  future  kingdom,  by  folloAv- 
ing    in   faith   and   humility   the   regular    course    of 

a  '-i 


XX  INTllODUCTION. 

teaching,   tlie    chain   of  connected   and    preparatory 
institution  marked  out  in  liis  Holy  ^\  ord. 

In  fact,  in  much  that  is  now  called  devotion,  there 
is  the  most  flagrant  and  wayward  wilfulness.  Some 
men  are  eclectics  in  the  worst  sense  of  tlie  word ; 
that  is,  tliey  choose  what  part  of  Ploly  Scripture  they 
think  most  edifying  to  themselves,  to  the  neglect  or 
disparagement  of  others.  They  say,  "  We  care  not 
for  the  circumstances  of  David's  life,  or  for  such  or 
such  facts  of  history ;  we  do  not  want  to  dwell  on 
the  letter,  but  on  the  spirit;"  or,  "  we  care  not  for 
the  imagery  or  the  poetry  of  Holy  AVrit :  we  want  the 
realities  to  which  they  refer :  on  this  we  dwell :"  or, 
"  the  fortunes  of  the  Church  of  Israel,  or  of  the  Church 
at  large,  are  beyond  our  contemplation ;  we  study 
what  regards  our  individual  salvation ;"  or,  "  the 
Church  and  not  individuals  is  the  real  chief  object  of 
regard  :"  while  some  will  cast  every  thing  else  into  the 
shade,  in  order  to  satisfy  the  undefined  cravings  of  a 
fanatical  devotion,  or  meditation,  as  it  is  falsely  called. 

Combined  with  these  fatal  mistakes,  there  is  one 
into  which  the  extreme  holders  of  very  opposite 
opinions  are  prone  to  fall ;  that  is,  a  disregard  of 
the  literal  context  of  Holy  Scripture.  They  become 
mere  textuaries :  for  they,  in  fact,  make  the  pas- 
sages of  God's  Word  mere  pegs  whereon  they  may 
hang  their  own  incoherent  or  fanciful  speculations, 
w'itii  which  the  passages  in  question  can  have  but  a 
very  remote  or  obscure  connection.  Instead  of  tracing 
the  outline  afforded  by  Holy  Scripture,  and  learning 
from  connecting  the  text  with  its  context  to  gain  con- 
sistent ideas  upon  points  of  doctrine,  of  morals,  and  of 


INTIIUDUCTION.  XXI 

religion,  whether  practical  or  internal,  they  treat  the 
passages  of  inspiration  as  the  men  in  early  ages  did 
the  stars  of  heaven,  which  they  reduced  to  the  fanciful 
constellations  of  lions,  bears,  and  serpents,  by  connect- 
ing star  with  star  by  means  of  an  imaginary  line, 
choosing  at  their  own  discretion  the  angles  and  curves 
which  defined  these  figures  of  their  fancy.  Such 
are  the  connecting  lines  of  thought  in  which  modern 
mysticism  delights ;  so  that  it  continually  happens, 
that  those  results  which  are  falsely  represented  as 
being  deduced  from  the  Word  of  God,  are  in  fact 
nothing  more  than  the  mere  creations  of  the  most 
presumptuous  private  judgment. 

The  only  safe  way  of  studying  Holy  Scripture  is, 
to  receive  what  is  therein  Avritten,  in  the  method  and 
order  in  which  it  is  given  to  us  by  the  Spirit ;  not 
choosing  for  ourselves  this  path  or  that,  but  following 
implicitly  his  guidance.  If  the  reason,  the  imagina- 
tion, or  the  affections,  are  appealed  to,  such  appeal 
is  an  intimation  that  they  must  be  severally  cultivated : 
if  restrained  and  checked,  we  must  therefore  learn  to 
keep  them  within  legitimate  bounds ;  if  the  facts  of 
history,  if  the  laws  of  God's  moral  dispensation  are 
placed  before  us,  then  these  must  be  recognised  as 
essential  parts  of  Christian  education :  in  a  word,  if 
Ave  would  walk  by  faith,  we  must  cordially  and  humbly 
receive  every  component  element  as  a  part  of  that 
Scripture  which  was  w^'itten  for  our  learning. 

The  favourers  of  an  exclusive  or  extreme  mystical 
interpretation  appeal  to  the  Catholic  principle,  and 
to  the  examples  of  the  Fathers  for  their  vindication. 
Now  it  is  acknowledged  that  mystical  interpretation 

a   3 


xxii  INTRODUCTION. 

is  a  Catholic  principle.    It  is  recognised  by  the  Church 
Universal,  plainly  because  it  is  taught  in  Holy  Scrip- 
ture by  our  Lord  and  his  Apostles.     And  it  is  well 
remarked  by  Archbishop  Lcighton",  Avho  was  no  IViend 
to  the  abuse  of  this  method,  that  "  there  are  many 
things  in  the  Psalms  and  other  parts  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment, applied  by  the  A]  ostles  to  Christ,  which,  but 
for  their  authority,  perhaps  no  one  Avould  have  con- 
sidered as  referring  to  Him."     And  by  using,  with 
all  discretion  and  sobriety,  the  key  afforded  by  them, 
according  to  the  analogy  of  wise  interpretation,  the 
prophetical  application  of  many  passages  may  be  suc- 
cessfully vindicated.     But   though   the   principle  is 
recognised   by   all   Christendom,    the    measure   and 
degree  of  its  application  has  never  been  determined 
or  defined.     The  Fathers  are  not  at  unity  among 
themselves  upon  this  matter.     And  to  appeal  to  the 
opinion  of  any  one  or  even  of  many,  as  decisive  on 
the  point,  is  to  abuse  the  true  doctrine  of  CathoHc 
authority,  which  is,  to  receive  the  aggregate  testimony 
given  by  those  of  the  ancient  Church,  as  icitnesses  to 
the  fundamental  verities  of  the  Faith,  in  strict  sub- 
ordination to  the  written  Word  of  God. 


•  The  whole  passage  in  which  this  occurs  is  most  valuable  :  — 
"Unde  Patres  Gneci  ct  Latini  psalmos  sic  inscriptos  ad  Mossiam  re- 
ferunt  onincs,  tarKpiaiu  finem  Icf^is,  et  oniniuni  rcrum  complomentum  : 
pie  riuidein  :  sed  psahuorum  doctrina  non  raro  in  hunr  scnsuin  per  vio- 
icnta  satis  glosscniata  detorta.  Nolleni  tanien  omnia  istiusmodi  inter- 
prctamenta  morose  abdicare,  cum  multa  c  rsalniis  reliquisipie  veteris 
Tcstamenti  libris  ad  Christum  applicent  Apostoli,  qua',  nisi  illis  auotori- 
bus,  CO  spcctarc  forte  nemo  nostrum  uncjuam  conjectasset.  Nee  vcrl- 
pimile  csteos  penitus  onines,  sed  perexiguam  tanttim  partem  illarum  apud 
Prophetas  de  Mossia  pra?dictionum  in  medium  protulisse  ;  quorum  tamcn 
scripta  onmia  ilium  pra-cipue  designasse  asserunt." — Medit.  in  Psalm,  IV. 
in  Schokficld's  Edition  oC  Iiis  Pnvlectioncs,  p.  272. 


INTRODUCTION.  XXUl 

But  the  Fathers  are  not  only  at  variance  upon  the 
degree  of  this  mode  of  interpretation  (as  for  instance 
St.  Augustine''  and  St.  Chrysostom)  ;  but  they  have 
been  acknowledged  by  the  most  sober  theologians  of 
later  times  to  be  frequently  wanting  in  profound  criti- 
cal knowledge,  and  to  have  a  bias  towards  allegorical 
and  fanciful  meanings,  often  inconsistent  with  the  con- 
text, and  with  the  analogy  of  Scripture.  And  although 
no  sound  churchman  can  derogate  from  their  aggre- 
gate authority,  as  witnesses  of  primitive  and  Catholic 
truth,  a  function  which  of  course  none  but  the  earlier 
ages  of  the  Church  can  discharge,  yet  we  must  not  so 
derogate  from  the  influence  of  the  Spirit  of  God,  and 
the  powers  of  the  Church  of  Christ,  as  to  conceive 
that  no  illumination  has  visited  it  in  later  times. 
While  the  verities  of  the  Faith  remain  unaltered  and 
inimodificd,  we  may  believe  that  in  later  times  a  more 
accurate  critical  knowledge  has  been  granted,  intro- 
ducing no  new  doctrines  or  principles,  but  more 
amply  illustrating  and  reducing  to  a  more  harmo- 
nious order  those  which  have  ever  been  received,  and 
must  ever  unchangeably  stand. 

Yet  here  let  it  be  considered  that  the  annotations 
on  the  Psalms,  which  form  so  large  a  department  of 
patristic  theology,  are  generally  less  to  be  regarded 
as  formal  commentaries,  than  as  the  vehicles  for  con- 
veying sound  Christian  doctrines,  practical  exhorta- 


'^  The  great  advantage  to  be  derived  from  the  deep  piety  of  St. 
Augustine's  writings  is  not  to  be  questioned.  But  so  fanciful  is  lie  in 
his  mystical  interpretations  in  the  Psalms,  that  he  is  anything  but  a  safe 
or  salutary  guide  to  beginners  in  theology.  The  sound  good  sense  of 
St.  Chrysostom  is  much  to  be  preferred. 

a  4 


XXIV  INTRODUCTION. 

tions,  and  food  for  religious  meditation,  not  always 
strictly  connected  Avitli  the  text.  In  fact,  they  are 
more  to  be  regarded  as  collections  of  homilies  than 
as  regular  treatises.  So  that  by  them  the  texts  of 
the  Psalms  are  treated  as  suggestive  of  reflections  and 
of  principles  which  the  other  parts  of  Holy  Scripture 
more  fully  confirm.  They  are  used  continually  as 
accammodations. 

Yery  different,  however,  are  the  uses  made  of  these 
passages  of  Scripture,  however  loose  and  fanciful  may 
be  their  application,  from  the  unrestrained  liberty  of 
thought  assumed  in  later  times  and  in  our  own. 
Never  was  there  an  age  which  more  deserved  the 
severe  remarks  of  the  learned  Vitringa : 

"  I  do  not  deny  that  many  men  of  uninstructed 
faculties  and  of  shallow  judgment  have,  in  almost  every 
age  of  the  Church,  commended  to  persons  like  them- 
selves, under  the  name  of  allegorical  interpretations 
of  Scripture,  certain  silly,  weak,  and  stupid  fancies,  in 
which  there  is  neither  unction,  judgment,  nor  spiritual 
discernment:  and  have  sought  for  those  mysteries 
of  theirs  which  spring  from  a  most  frigid  inven- 
tion, either  in  improper  places,  or  promiscuously  in 
every  place,  without  any  discrimination  of  circum- 
stances, without  any  foundation  in  allegory,  or  in 
verisimilitude  of  language :  so  that  I  do  not  wonder 
that  it  has  occurred  to  many  sensible  |>ersons  to 
doubt  whether  it  would  not  be  better  to  abandon 
this  study  altogether,  to  the  skilful  use  of  which  ex- 
perience teaches  us  the  abilities  of  but  very  few  are 
adequate,  than  to  expose  Holy  Scripture  to  the  sense- 
less experiments  of  the  unskilful,  so  as  to  cause  great 


INTRODUCTION.  XXV 

injury  to  itself,  and  to  excite  the  applause  of  the 
2)rofane."'' 

This  fanciful  method  of  tampering  Avith  God's  Word 
cannot  be  too  strongly  deprecated,  as  an  impious 
abuse  of  divinely  implanted  reason,  as  the  surest 
means  of  undermining  the  foundations  of  truth,  and 
of  introducing,  under  the  supposed  form  of  religion, 
the  wildest  latitudinarianism,  and  infidelity  itself. 

It  will  be,  therefore,  the  design  of  the  following  pages 
to  illustrate,  as  occasion  may  serve,  the  literal  mean- 
ing of  the  Psalms  ;  by  no  means,  however,  excluding 
their  prophetical  application,  since  that,  as  has  been 
already  observed,  is  often  consistent  and  identical 
with  the  literal.  The  allegorical  sense  will  be  given 
its  due  weight ;  and  an  endeavour  will  be  made  to 
shew  that  the  poetical  figures  of  Holy  Scripture,  un- 
like those  of  the  less  exalted  secular  poets,  contribute 
to  fix  the  principles  of  truth,  and  to  strengthen 
the  reason,  even  more  than  the  imagination.     The 


"  Sane  enini  non  nego,  indocti  ingenii  et  levis  judicii  plures,  per 
omnia  fere  ecclesife  tempora,  sub  nomine  interjiretationiim  scriptural 
allegorioarum  sui  similibus  commendasse  cogitationes  futiles,  fatuas,  sto- 
lidas,  in  quibus  nihil  inest  salis,  nihil  judicii  et  pnidcntitc  spiritualis;  turn 
quoque  mysteria  ilia  sua  frigidissima;  inventionis  quaisivisse  locis  non 
suis;  sive  promiscue  omnibus,  absque  ullo  rorum  discrimine,  allcgoriaj 
fundamonto,  aut  orationis  TrtdavST-nTi :  adeo  non  mirer,  viris  sapiontoris 
sensus  in  mentem  venisse  ut  dubitaverint,  an  non  prasstet  hoc  studium 
totuni  missum  fixcere,  cui  felicitor  tractando  paucorum  sufticere  facul- 
tatcm  ingenii  docuit  experientia,  (piam  sanctissimam  Scripturam  insulsis 
imperitorum  conatibus  exponere,  ad  magnam  ejus  ignominiam  et  pro- 
fanum  plausum. —  Ohsen\  Sacnc,  lib.  vi.  cap.  xx.  §  iv.  vol.  ii.  p.  460. 

Again  (§  viii.  p.  464.)  :  Imponunt  multi  humeris  suis  quod  lerre  recu- 
sant, et  speculationiim  suariun  didccdine  abrepti,  sibi  blandientes  :  quod 
fere  commune  est  vitium  mortalium  :  modum  sibi  niUlimi  priescribi  pati- 
untur;  sed  laxant  luxurianti  ingenio  habenas,  et  solida  incertis,  vera 
falsis,  permiscentes,  omnia  corrumpunt,  ut  tandem  ne  probabilia  quidem 
amplius  habeantur,  quae  si  prudenter  elaboi'ata  cssent,  non  tantum  pro 
probabilibus,  sed  et  pro  certis  admittcrentur. 


XXVI  INTRODUCTION. 

typical  passages,  that  is,  the  realities  of  sacred  his- 
tov)',  whieh  had  tlu-ir  parallel  in  the  more  glorious 
realities  of  later  times,  will  be  examined  as  such,  in 
their  primnr}'  and  literal  meaning;  for  those  plain 
reasons  which  have  been  already  stated,  and  on 
which  it  would  be  superfluous  further  to  enlarge. 

Such  being  the  incidental  objects  of  the  work,  in 
subordination  to  the  definite  purposes  of  the  transla- 
tion and  the  essays,  it  may  appear  sufficiently  evident 
why  the  writings  of  the  Fathers  are  rarely  quoted, 
except  for  purposes  merely  critical  or  illustrative. 
It  required  considerable  forbearance  and  self-denial 
to  abstain  from  the  exquisite  reflections  and  salutary 
lessons  with  which  their  writings,  especially  on  the 
Psalter,  abound.  But  to  admit  them  would  tempt 
too  many  digressions  from  the  main  subject,  already 
treated,  as  it  is  to  be  feared,  too  difl'usively  by  the 
author,  but  from  which  it  was  his  desire  and  inten- 
tion to  wander  as  little  as  possible. 

But  far  difi'erent  are  the  reasons  for  abstaining 
from  any  reference  to  the  contemporaneous  theology 
of  Germany,  from  which  much  critical  aid  might 
naturally  be  expected.  I  am  not  ashamed  to  confess, 
that  of  the  modem  divines  and  biblical  scholars  of 
Germany  I  know  little ;  more  however  than  I  could 
wish,  and  quite  enough  to  convince  me,  were  it  only 
from  the  admissions  of  their  favourers  in  this  country, 
that  I  should  neither  advantage  my  own  mind,  nor 
the  cause  of  sound  theology  and  criticism,  by  making 
use  of  them.  This  may  be  considered  a  bold  con- 
fession, but  it  is  one  which  I  heartily  wish  more  would 
be  content  to  make:  that  more  of  our  present  divines 


INTRODUCTION.  XXVll 

would  be  resolute  enough  to  apply  to  that  portion 
of  modern  literature  the  avowal  of  Bishop  Watson  as 
to  the  JScotch  metaphysicians  of  his  day  :  "  Scotos 
istos  metaphysicos  nunquam  legi,  neque  legam  :  quid 
igitur  dixerint,  nescio :  quid  autem  dixisse  debuerint, 
dicam."  And  there  is  learning  enough  in  our  Church 
to  tell  much  more  plainly  and  soundly  what  too 
many  have  been  satisfied  to  leave  to  the  mutilating 
dictation  of  crude  and  daring  speculators.  Yet  what- 
ever may  be  the  distinguished  merit  of  some  (and  in 
the  department  of  philological  science  and  criticism 
there  are  many  names  of  eminence,  and  a  few  of  sound 
discretion),  I  can  by  no  means  acquiesce  in  an  opinion 
practically  held,  that  for  the  sake  of  them  we  must 
desert  or  slight  the  rich  and  profound  theology  of  Eng- 
land. For  my  own  part,  I  fully  acknowledge  a  want 
of  sufficient  ability  or  powers  of  acquirement  to  pay 
a  due  attention  to  the  abundant  literature  of  our 
Church,  and  at  the  same  time  to  devote  any  consi- 
derable leisure  to  the  teeming  and  redundant  lucubra- 
tions of  Germany.  Nor  should  I  attempt  it,  until 
I  were  far  better  versed  in  the  Fathers  of  our  own 
Church  and  of  ancient  times  than  I  can  now  pre- 
tend to  be.  I  may  add,  that  the  studies  which 
have  been  subservient  to  the  present  work  having 
been  pursued  very  much  from  inclination,  and  from 
the  course  of  circumstances,  and  a  great  dislike  of 
what  is  called  "  getting  up  "  a  subject  being  perhaps 
morbidly  operative,  there  never  was  any  disposition  to 
resort  to  those  too  popular  quarters  of  information. 
The  necessity  of  such  a  measure  cannot  be  granted, 
unless  it  be  ruled,  that  every  critical  work  ought  to 


XXMll  INTRODUCTION. 

be  ti  Synopsis  Criticorum,  and  that  a  considerable 
portion  of  it  should  be  devoted  to  the  purj)ose  of 
attacking  theories  which  ought  never  to  have  existed. 
But  controversy  is  the  last  object  to  Avhicli  it  would 
be  desirable  to  devote  these  pages,  Avhich  do  not  pro- 
fess by  any  means  to  be  exhaustive. 

The  tendency,  however,  is  so  plainly  in  the  con- 
trary direction :  the  ideality,  the  rationalism,  the 
theoretical  spirit  fostered  by  modern  Germany  is  so 
rife  at  present,  that  there  are  reasons  quite  sufficient 
to  deter  those  who  have  been  educated  in  the  studies 
of  sound  English  theology  from  throwing  themselves 
into  the  popular  stream.  There  are  those  Avho 
fear  an  injury  to  the  wholesome  powers  of  their 
mind,  by  becoming  familiar  with  the  debilitating 
productions  of  the  Continent.  If  the  cause  of  Chris- 
tianity is  really  to  be  served,  Germany  must  retrace 
her  steps,  and  learn  from  the  divines  of  England,  not 
only  those  of  more  ancient  date,  but  from  such 
names  as  Routh,  Yan  Mildert,  Middleton,  and  Eose, 
and  others  of  our  owii  generation,  and  from  her  own 
ancient  but  neglected  worthies.  It  is  indeed  but 
little  to  say  that  modern  Germany  has  much  to  learn 
from  the  Catholicity  of  the  reformed  Church  of 
England,  who  has  been  foremost  in  biblical  scholar- 
ship, as  Walton  and  Kennicott  can  testify ;  who  can 
show  a  school  of  sacred  criticism,  in  which  Lowth, 
and  Copleston,  and  Keble  have  taught ;  who  can 
prove  the  possession  of  real  genius,  as  ample  and 
energetic  as  that  of  any  nation  in  the  world,  far 
different  from  that  laborious  eccentricity,  that  indul- 
gence in  a  wayward  but  plodding  fancy,  which  usurps 


IXTRODUCTION.  Xxix 

the  name;  and  who,  in  her  best  days,  and  in  tlie 
persons  of  her  noblest  sons,  has  been  the  foremost  to 
uphold  the  cause  of  sobriety  and  truth.  To  exem- 
plars such  as  these,  both  at  home  and  abroad,  we  must 
recur,  if  the  genuine  spirit  of  Christ's  religion  is  to 
be  upheld,  and  transmitted  to  ages  to  come.  We 
must  leave  those  turbid  streams,  whose  shallowness 
is  concealed  by  their  muddiness,  and  seek  again  the 
smooth  waters  which  run  deep,  and  study  that  lucid 
and  calm  but  profound  philosophy,  taught  by  those 
men  who  thought  regularly,  and  wrote  intelligibly. 
For  it  is  from  tlie  influence  of  that  indistinct  and  un- 
settling idealism,  that  many  wdio  have  lately  attempted 
to  instruct  others,  have  so  written  as  to  perplex,  •  not 
to  edify.  They  have  had  the  cruelty  to  suggest  to 
their  younger  disciples  those  doubts  or  half-formed 
thoughts  which  they  were  still  excogitating,  and  have 
acted  as  if  the  business  of  theological  instruction  was 
little  better  than  a  system  of  intellectual  empiricism, 
as  if  there  were  really  nothing  certain  in  theology  or 
morality.  We  have  great  need  to  be  reminded  of  the 
censure  of  Bishop  Butler  ■'' :  "  Confusion  and  perplexity 
in  writing  is,  indeed,  without  excuse,  because  any  one 
may,  if  he  pleases,  know  whether  he  understands  and 
sees  through  what  he  is  about;  and  it  is  unpardon- 
able for  a  man  to  lay  his  thoughts  before  others,  when 
he  is  conscious  that  he  himself  does  not  know  where- 
abouts he  is,  or  how  tlie  matter  before  him  stands.  It 
is  coming  abroad  in  disorder,  which  he  ought  to  be 
dissatisfied  to  find  himself  in  at  home."  But  let  us 
hope  that  better  days  may  visit  us,  and  that  that  noble 

"  Preface  to  his  Fifteen  Serinnns. 


XXX  INTRODUCTION. 

nation  with  wlioni,  in  many  of  its  moral  and  intel- 
lectual endowments,  there  are  such  strong  features  of 
resemblance  to  the  English  mind,  to  whose  earlier  scho- 
larship and  theology  all  Europe  is  so  largely  indebted, 
may  at  length  co-operate  with  our  Church  in  restoring 
to  the  world  a  sounder  and  more  Catholic  philosophy. 


It  is  now  time  to  dismiss  these  observations,  and 
in  conclusion  to  state  more  explicitly  some  parti- 
culars of  the  present  work. 

The  translation  of  the  Psalms  has  been  conducted 
upon  the  principles  already  stated.  The  vocabulary 
of  the  two  English  translations  has  been  mainly  ad- 
hered to,  the  principal  departures  from  it  being  those 
which  the  uniform  rendering  of  the  same  Hebrew  by 
the  same  English  word  required.  This  has  been 
done  whenever  the  idiom  or  the  context  would  fairly 
allow.  All  differences  from  the  vocabulary  of  our 
translation  has  been  marked  by  an  asterisk  (*)  ;  but 
such  differences  only  are  so  noted,  as  consist  in  the 
substitution  of  a  word  radically  different ;  the  change 
of  a  verb  into  a  noun  or  adjective  from  the  same  root, 
or  vice  versa,  is  not  noticed. 

From  a  reverence  for  the  habitual  usage  of  our  Bible 
and  Prayer  Book,  and  also  that  of  the  Septuagint  and 
other  ancient  versions,  the  word  niH*  has  not  been 
translated  "jEHOVAn,"  but  Lokd:  distinguishing 
this  from  *3Ti^,  as  in  our  Bil)le,  by  printing  it  in 
capital  letters. 

The  order  of  tlie  Hebrew  words  is  as  nearly  ob- 
served as  our  language  will  permit.  AVherever  this 
would  be  plainly  anomalous,  this  order  is  given  in 
the  margin. 


INTRODUCTIOX.  XX  xi 

As  the  arrangement  of  the  words  is  regulated  by 
the  strict  laws  of  parallelism,  it  was  important  to  ex- 
hibit this,  and  therefore  in  a  few  instances  a  chan^-c 
lias  been  made  for  this  purpose  in  the  mood  of  the 
verb,  or  in  some  other  way ;  for  example,  "  wliicli  is 
scattered  by  the  wind,"  instead  of  "which  the  wind 
scattereth  ;  "  the  original  being  literally  "  which  scat- 
tereth  the  wind."  This  literal  rendering  is  given  in 
the  margin.  But  such  a  variation  as  "  the  hill  of  his 
holiness,"  instead  of  "  his  holy  hill,"  is  not  so  noticed. 

The  translator  regrets  that  it  did  not  occur  to  him 
till  too  late  to  apply  Mr.  Granville  Sharp's''  admir- 
able rule  as  to  the  use  of  the  present  tense  in  Hebrew, 
which  he  shows  plainly  to  exist,  and  to  be  exhibited, 
not  by  any  inflection,  but  by  the  place  which  tlie  verb 
and  noun  relatively  occupy.  The  past  tense  gene- 
rally precedes  tlie  noun,  the  present  generally  follows 
it ;  to  which  there  are  regular  exceptions. 

When  the  personal  pronouns  are  expressed  in 
Hebrew,  they  are  emphatic :  the  emphasis  is  repre- 
sented therefore  in  the  translation  by  some  adjunct ; 
for  example,  "  I,  my  self ^'^  or,  "  as  for  me,  I,"  &c. 
"  Thou,  even  thou,^^  or,  "  it  is  Thou  ivho,^'  &c. 

The  Psalter  is  divided  into  five  portions,  according 
to  the  tradition  of  the  Jews,  which  is  explained  and 
vindicated  in  the  third  Dissertation. 

"  Mr.  Sharp's  rules  for  the  conversive  Vaii,  and  other  peculiarities  of 
Hebrew  Syntax,  are  contained  in  two  tracts  :  "  A  Letter  to  a  Learned 
Friend,"  and  "An  Account  of  some  other  Particularities,"  both  pub- 
lished in  1803.  It  is  a  pity  that  they  arc  mixed  up  with  so  nnich  ex- 
traneous matter,  as  they  give  a  most  clear  and  satisftictory  solution  to 
grammatical  phenomena  of  no  small  didiculty.  The  exceptions  to  their 
application  (if  they  be  real  exceptions)  are  so  few,  as  to  prove  that  the 
rules  exist.  IVIr.  Sharp's  oriental  learning  was  not  extensive  ;  but  his 
grammatical  acumen,  us  shewn  both  in  these  treatises  and  in  his  Essay 
on  the  (Ireek  Article,  has  seldom  been  surpassed. 


XXXll  INTRODUCTION. 

Ill  the  Appendix  to  the  secoMd  vol  nine  is  given 
that  Psahn  of  David  "svliich  occurs  in  tlie  IGtli  cliapter 
of  the  first  book  of  Chronicles.  It  ought  properly 
to  have  followed  the  translation  in  the  first  volume  ; 
but  its  insertion  was  an  after-thought,  after  that 
volume  had  been  printed.  It  seems  necessary  towards 
a  complete  illustration  of  the  Psalms. 

The  prayer  of  Ilabakkuk  forms  the  Appendix  to  the 
first  volume.  It  is  inserted,  because  containing  the 
word  Selah,  which  occurs  only  in  that  prayer  and  in 
the  Psalms. 

In  the  first  Dissertation,  those  passages  in  which 
Selah  occurs  are  repeated,  for  the  most  part,  at  full 
length.  The  author  has  felt  the  necessity  of  clear- 
ness in  treating  this  subject ;  and  he  would  sooner 
expose  himself  to  the  charge  of  repetition  and  redun- 
dancy, than  fail  in  explaining  his  meaning  distinctly ; 
an  object  which  might  not  be  so  conveniently  effected 
by  referring  to  the  translation  at  every  paragraph.  He 
has,  therefore,  felt  no  scruple  in  adding,  by  this 
course,  a  few  sheets  to  the  bulk  of  the  volume. 

To  any  one  at  all  versed  in  the  study  of  sacred 
poetry,  it  will  be  evident,  that  the  arrangement  of  the 
stanzas  in  the  Psalms  is  capable  of  various  adjust- 
ments. This  must  depend  upon  the  points  of  appo- 
sition or  contrast  which  may  be  selected,  as  appearing 
most  prominent  to  the  arranger.  The  translator  has 
been  rather  desirous  of  adopting  that  method  which 
■would  most  clearly  bring  out  the  general  structure  of 
each  Psalm,  than  to  call  attention  to  the  more  minute 
artifices  of  composition. 


THE 


BOOK    OF    PSALMS. 


PART  I. 
Psalm  I.  to  XLI.  inclusive. 


B 


PSALM  I. 

I. 
Happy  *  is  the  man,  that  hath  not  Avalked  in  the  counsel  of 
And  in  the  way  of  sinners  hath  not  stood,  [the  ungodly, 

And  in  the  seat  of  the  scornful  hath  not  sat. 
But  in  the  law  of  the  Lord  is  his  delight. 
And  in  his  law  will  he  meditate  day  and  night. 

II. 

And  he  shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by  *  rivers  of  waters, 

AVhich  his  fruit  shall  bring  forth  in  his  season  : 

And  his  leaf  shall  not  wither  : 

And  all  that  he  doeth  shall  prosper. 

Not  so  the  ungodly : 

But  they  are  like  the  chaff"  ^  which  is  scattered  by  the  wind. 

III. 

Therefore  the  '^ungodly  shall  not  *rise  up  in  the  judgment, 
Nor  sinners  in  the  congregation  of  the  righteous : 
For  the  ^  Lord  knoweth  the  way  of  the  righteous  : 

But  the  wa}^  of  the  ungodly  shall  perish. 

"  Or  streams.  ^  Heb.  scattereth  the  wind. 

^  Heb.  shall  not  rise  up  the  ungodly.        ''  Heb.  knoweth  the  Lokjj. 


n  a 


TIIK    ROOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  T. 


PSAL:\r  ir. 
I. 

Why  rage  the  heathen, 

And  tchy  do  the  *  nations  imagine  vanity  ? 

They  set  themselves,  tlie  Kings  of"  tlie  earth. 

And  the  rulers  take  counsel  together 

Against  the  Lokd,  and  against  his  Anointed. 

Let  us  break  asunder  their  bunds. 

And  cast  away  from  us  their  cords. 

He  that  sitteth  in  heaven  shall  laugh : 

The  Lord  shall  have  them  ^in  derision. 

Then  shall  he  speak  unto  them  in  his  wrath. 

And  in  his  *hot  displeasure  he  shall  vex  them, 

II. 
Yet  I  myself  have  ^anointed  my  King 
On  Sion  the  hill  of  my  holiness. 
I  will  declare  the  *  statute  : 
The  Lokd  hath  said  unto  me, 

INIy  Son  art  thou :   I  this  day  have  begotten  thee,  [heritance. 
Desire  of  me,  and  I  will  give  thee  the  heathen  for  thine  in- 
And  for  thy  possession  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth. 
Thou  shalt  bruise  them  with  a  rod  of  iron  : 
As  the  vessel  of  the  potter  thou  shalt  *  shatter  them. 

III. 
And  now,  O  ye  kings,  be  wise : 
Be  instructed,  O  ye  judges  of  the  earth. 
Serve  the  Loud  with  fear. 
And  rejoice  unto  him  with  trembling. 
Kiss  the  Son,  lest  he  be  angry, 
And  ye  perish  from  the  way  : 

"When  there  'is  a  kindling,  though  but  a  little,  of  his  wrath, 
Happy*  arc  all  that  trust  in  him. 

"   Hub.  hiu^rh  scornfully  at  them.  ''  Ileb.  »3X  cini)lialic. 

>•    I  lei),  is  kiiulleil  but  a  little  his  wrath. 


I'AiiT  I.  I  THE    BOOK    OF    I'.SAL.MS. 


rSALM  III. 
A  Psalm  of  David:    wlicii  he  fled  from  Absalom  his  son. 

I. 

LoKD,  how  *  many  are  they  that  trouble  me : 
Many  are  they  that  rise  against  me, 
Many  are  they  that  say  to  my  soul, 
There  is  no  salvation  for  him  in  God. 

SELAII. 

II. 
But  thou,  O  Lord,  art  a  shield  about  me. 
My  gloxy,  and  the  lifter  up  of  my  head. 
With  my  voice  upon  the  Lord  I  did  call, 
And  he  heard  me  from  the  hill  of  his  holiness. 

SELAH. 

III. 
As*  for  me,  I  laid  me  down:   I  awaked: 
For  the  Lord  sustained  me. 

I  will  not  be  afraid  for  ten  thousands  of  the  people. 
Which  round  about  have  set  themselves  against  me. 
Arise,  O  Lord: 
Save  me,  O  my  God : 

For  thou  hast  smitten  all  mine  enemies  on  the  cheek  bone : 
The  teeth  of  the  ungodly  thou  hast  broken. 
To  the  Lord  belongeth  salvation : 
Upon  thy  people  is  thy  blessing. 

''SELAII. 
*  Heb.  >3N  cmpliatiL-.  ''  The  Syriac  here  reads  "  for  evei*." 


B   3 


TIIK    r.OOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  I. 


PSALM  IV. 

To  the  Chief  Musician  on  Ncginoth.      A  Psahn  of  David. 

I. 

When  I  call,  hear  ma,  O  God  of  my  righteousness: 

In  trouble  thou  hast  enlarged  me : 

Have  mercy  upon  me,  and  hear  my  prayer. 

O  sons  of  men,  how  long  my  glory  will  ye  put  to  shame. 

Will  ye  love  vanity,  will  ye  seek  after  deceit  ? 

SELAH. 

II. 

But  know  that  the  *LoRD  hath  set  apart  the  godly  to  him- 
The  Lord  will  hear,  when  I  call  upon  him.  [self: 

Stand  in  awe,  and  do  no  sin : 
Speak*  to  your  own  heart  upon  your  bed,  and  be  still. 

SELAH. 

III. 
Sacrifice  *  the  sacrifices  of  righteousness. 
And  trust  in  the  Lord. 

Many  there  be  that  say,  Who  will  show  us  good  ? 
Lift  up  on  us  the  light  of  thy  countenance,  O  Lord. 
Thou  hast  *  given  gladness  to  my  heart, 
More  than  in  the  time  that  their  corn  and  wine  increased. 
In  peace  I  will  both  lay  me  down,  and  sleep. 
For  thou.  Lord,  only,  in  *  hope  dost  make  me  dwell. 

•  ilcb.  liath  sot  ai)ait  the  Lord. 


Part  l.J  THE    BOOK    OF    I'.'SALMH. 


PSALM  V. 

To  the  Chief  Musician  on  Nehiloth.      .\  Psahn  of  David. 


To  my  words  give  car,  O  Lord  : 

Consider  my  meditation. 

Hearken  unto  the  voice  of  my  crying,  my  King  and  my  God: 

For  unto  thee  will  I  pray. 

0  Lord,  in  the  morning  thou  shalt  hear  my  voice : 

In  the  morning  will  I  direct  it  unto  thee,  and  will  look  up. 

For*  a  God  that  hath  no  pleasure  in  wickedness  art  thou : 

There  shall  not  dwell  with  thee  evil : 

The  ''foolish  shall  not  stand  before  thine  eyes: 

Thou  hatest  all  that  work  iniquity. 

Thou  shalt  destroy  them  that  speak  lies:  [Lord. 

The  man  of  "^  blood  and  the  deceitful   thou  shalt  abhor,  O 

II. 

But  as  for  me,  in  the  multitude  of  thy  mercy  I  will  come 
into  thine  house ; 

1  will  worship  towards  the  temple  of  thy  hoUness  in  thy  fear. 
O  Lord,  lead  me  in  thy  righteousness,  because  of  thine 
Make  straight  before  my  face  thy  way.  [enemies : 
For  there  is  not  in  their  mouth  stedfastness : 

Their  inward  pai't  is  very  wickedness :  '^ 

A  sepulchre  that  is  open  is  their  throat : 

With  their  tongue  they  flatter. 

Make  them  guilty,  O  God : 

Let  them  fall  by  their  own  counsels : 

In  the  multitude  of  their  transgressions  cast  them  out. 

For  they  have  rebelled  against  thee. 

*  Ileb.  for  not  a  God  that  hath  pleasure  in  wickedness  art  thou. 
"  Heb.  shall  not  stand  the  foolish.  "  Heb.  bloodshed. 

■^  Heb.  wickednesses. 

B    4 


8  THE    BOOK   OF    PSALMS.  [Part  I. 

III. 

But  let  there"  be  gladness  to  all  them  that  trust  in  thee ; 
For  ever  they  shall  sing  for  joy,  for  thou  defendest  them : 
And  they  shall  be  joyful  in  thee  who  love  thy  Name. 
For  it  is  Thou  zoho  shalt  bless  the  righteous,  O  Lord  : 
As  with  a  shield,  with  favour  shalt  thou  compass  him. 

"  Heb.  but  be  glad  all  those,  &c. 


Part  I.]  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS. 


PSALM  VI. 

To  the  Chief  jNIusiclan  on   Neghioth  upon   Shcniinitli.     A 
Psalm  of  David. 

I. 

0  Lord,  do  not  thou  in  thine  anger  rebuke  me, 
Neither  in  thy  hot  displeasure  chasten  me. 

Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Lord,  for  very  weak  am  I : 

Heal  me,  O  Lord,  for  vexed  are  my  bones. 

And  my  soul  is  vexed  sore : 

But  thou,  O  Lord,  how  long? 

Turn  thee,  O  Lord  ;  deliver  my  soul : 

Save  me,  for  the  sake  of  thy  mercy. 

For  there  is  not  in  death  remembrance  of  thee : 

In  hell  who  will  give  thanks  to  thee  ? 

1  am  weary  of  my  groaning : 
I  wash  every  night  my  bed : 
With  my  tears  my  couch  I  water. 
Mine'^  eye  is  consumed  for  grief: 

It  waxeth  old  because  of  all  them  that  trouble  mc. 

II. 

Away  from  me,  all  ye  that  work  iniquity : 

For^  the  Lord  hath  heard  the  voice  of  my  weeping. 

The*=  Lord  hath  heard  my  sup[)lieation  : 

The  Lord  my  prayer  will  receive. 

They  shall  be  ashamed  and  vexed  sore,  all  mine  enemies : 

They  shall  be  turned  back,  and  be  ashamed  suddenly. 

"  Heb.  is  consumed  for  grief  mine  eye. 
'',  "  Heb.  for  hath  iiearcl  the  Lord. 


10  illK    IJOUK   OF    r.SAl.MS.  [Part  I. 


PSALM  VJI. 

Shiggaion  of  David,  which  he  sang  luilo  the  LoKi),  concerning 
the  words  of  Cush  the  Benjaniitc. 

I. 

O  LoKD  my  God,  in  thee  *do  I  seek  refuge  : 
Save  me  from  all  my  persecutors,  and  deliver  me  : 

Lest  he  devour,  like  a  lion,  my  soul. 

Rending*  it,  and  there  be  none  to  help. 

O  Lord  my  God,  if  I  have  done  this : 

If  there  be  *  indeed  iniquity  in  my  hands  : 

If  I  have  rewarded  unto  him  that  Avas  at  peace  Avitli  me  evil : 

(Yea,  I  have  delivered  him  that  *  troubled  me  without  cause  :) 
Then  ''let  the  enemy*  pursue "^  my  soul,  and*  overtake^  it: 
And  let  him  tread  down  upon  the  earth  my  life, 
And  my  *  glory  in  the  dust  let  him  lay. 

SELAII. 

II. 
Arise,  O  Lord,  in  thy  wrath : 

Lift  up  thyself,  because  of  the  rage  of  *  those  that  trouble  me: 
And  awake  for  me  in  the  judgment  that  thou  hast  commanded. 
And  the  congregation  of  the  people  ^  shall  be  round  about  thee : 
Therefore^  for  their  sakcs  do  thou  on  high  return. 

The  Lord  shall  *Krule  the  people: 

Judge  me,  O  Lord,  according  to  my  rightcousnes?, 

And  according  to  the  *perfectncss  that  is  in  me. 

"  tJ*'  c'liipliiilic.  ''  llcl).  lot  pm-tiuc  the  ciiciuy. 

'^,  "'  These  two  words,  "  pui:<ue"  ami  "overtake,"  keep  up  flie  image  of 
a  wild  beast. 

*■  Heb.  nations.  '   Heb.  and. 

*  Ilcb.  judge,  jH'  ;   but  DDii'  is  the  word  in  (lie  next  line. 


Part  I.]  THE    JJOOK    oF    PSALMS.  11 

Let  there  be  an  eiul  now  of  the  \viekednc.s.s  of  tlie  ungodly, 

But  establish  thou  the  just. 

For  he  trieth  the  heai'ts  and  rehis,  the  ''righteous  God. 

My  *  shield  is  of  God, 

Who  saveth  the  upright  in  heart. 

God  is  a  righteous  judge'': 

And  God  is  provoked  every  day. 

If  he  turn  not,  his  sword  he  will  whet : 

His  bow  he  hath  bent,  and  made  it  ready  : 
Yea,  for  him  he  hath  made  ready  the  instruments  of  death : 

His  arrows  against  the  persecutors  he  *  prepareth. 

Behold,  he  travaileth  with  iniquity. 
And  hath  conceived  mischief. 
And  brought  forth  fiilsehood. 

A  pit  he  hath  graven  and  digged  it : 

But  he  hath  fallen  into  the  ditch  that  he  *  prepared  : 
His  *"' mischief  shall  return  upon  his  own  head  : 
And  upon  his  own  pate  his  violence  shall  come  down. 

I  will  give  thanks  to  the  Lord,  according  to  his  righteousness: 
And  I  will  *  make  a  psalm  to  the  Name  of  the  Lord  INIost  High. 

*  Heb.  God  righteous.  **  Heb.  judge  righteous. 

*=  Heb.  shall  return  his  mischief. 


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PSALM  VJII. 

To  tlie  Chief  Musician  upon  Glttith.      A  P.s'ilm  of  David. 

O  Lord,  our  Lord, 

How  excellent  is  thy  Name  in  all  the  earth ! 
Who  hast  set  thy  glory  above  the  heavens. 
Out  of  the  mouth  of  babes  and  sucklings  thou  hast  *per- 
Becausc  of  thine  enemies,  [fected"^  strength. 

That  thou  mightest  still  the  enemy  and  the  avenger. 
For  I  will  consider  thy  heavens,  the  work  of  thy  fingers. 
The  moon  and  the  stars  which  thou  hast  ordained. 
What  is  man,  that  thou  art  mindful  of  him  ; 
And  the  son  of  man,  that  thou  visitcst  him  ? 
Thou  madest  him  ''a  little  lower  than  the  angels. 
And  with  glory  and  honour  hast  crowned  him. 
Thou  gavest  him  dominion  over  the  works  of  thy  hands : 
All  things  thou  hast  set  under  liis  feel  : 
Sheep  and  oxen,  all  of  them  : 
The  fowl  of  the  heavens,  and  the'fish  of  the  seas  : 
Whatsoever  passeth  through  the  paths  of  tlie  seas. 

O  Lord,  our  Lord : 

How  excellent  is  thy  Name  in  all  the  earth  ! 

"  This  is  the  rendering  in  St.  Matth.  xxi.  16. 
*■  Heb.  madest  him  lower  a  little. 


Paut  I.]  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  13 


PSALM  IX. 

To  the  Chief  Musician  upon  Muth-lahben.  A  Psahn  of  David. 

I. 
I  will  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord  with  my  whole  heart : 
I  will  shew  forth  all  thy  marvels : 
I  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  thee  : 
I  will  *make  a  psalm  to  thy  Name,  O  most  High. 

When  "mine  enemies  are  turned  back, 
They  shall  fall  and  *  be  destroyed  from  thy  presence. 
For  thou  hast  maintained  my  judgment  and  my  cause: 
Thou  art  set  in  the  throne,  judging  in  righteousness. 

Thou  hast  rebuked  the  heathen : 

Thou  hast  destroyed  the  imgodly : 

Their  name  thou  hast  *  blotted  out  for  ever  and  ever. 

O  thou  enemy,  ^thy  *  swords  are  come  to  a  perpetual  end : 

And  cities  thou  hast  *  brought  to  ruin :  "^ 

Their  "^memorial  is  destroyed  with  them. 
But  the  Lord  for  ever  shall  endure : 
He  hath  prepared  for  judgment  his  throne : 
And  He  it  is  who  shall  judge  the  world  in  righteousness: 
He  shall  ®*rule  the  people  in  uprightness: 
And^  the  Lord  shall  be  a  high  place  to  the  oppressed, 
A.  refuge  in  the  times  of  trouble. 
And  they  Avill  trust  in  thee  who  know  thy  Name : 
For  thou  hast  not  forsaken  them  that  seek  thee,  O  Lord. 

"  Ilcb.  when  are  tnrned  back  mine  enemies. 
''  Ileb.  are  oonie  to  an  end  thy  swords  for  ever. 
'^  Heb.  rooted  up. 

''  Heb.  is  destroyed  their  memorial  with  them. 
'  Heb.  shall  judge  |n^ 
Heb.  and  shall  be  the  Lord. 


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II. 
Make  *a  psiihn  to  the  Loud  which  ihvclletli  in  Sioii : 
Declare  among  *the  nations  liis  doing-s.  [ivmeniher: 

For  when  lie  niaketh  inquisition  for  l^lood,  thciu  lie  dolh 
He  forgetteth  not  the  complaint  of  the  afflicted :  wJio  say, 
Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Lord  : 

Consider  the  afflictions  1  suffer  from  them  that  hate  me, 
O  thou  that  liftest  me  up  from  the  gates  of  death. 
That  I  may  shew  forth  all  thy  praises  in  the  gates  of  the 
I  will  be  joyful  in  thy  salvation.  [daughter  of  Sion  : 

The  '^heathen  are  sunk  down  in  the  pit  that  they  made: 
In  the  net  which  they  hid  their  foot  is  taken.** 
The  "^LoRD  is  known  by  the  judgment  which  he  hath  done : 
In  the  work  of  his  hands  the  ungodly  is  snared. 
HIGGAION.    SELAH. 

III. 

The  ^wicked  shall  be  turned  into  hell, 

All  the  *  heathen  who  forget  God. 

For  not  alway  shall  the  needy  be  forgotten ;  * 

The  *  hope  of  the  poor  shall  not  *  be  destroyed  for  ever. 

Arise,  O  Lord,  let  not  man  prevail:^ 

Let  sthe  heathen  be  judged  in  thy  sight : 

Put  fear  in  them  : 

The  heathen  shall  know ''  that  they  are  hut  men. 

"  Heb.  are  sunk  down  the  heathen. 

^  Heb.  is  taken  their  foot. 

•^  Heb.  is  known  the  Lord. 

''  Heb.  shall  be  turned  the  wicked. 

*  Heb.  shall  be  forgotten  the  needy. 

'  Heb.  prevail  man. 

K  Heb.  be  jiidgfd  the  heathen. 

''  Ih'b.  siiall  kiKiw  the  heathen. 


Hart  I.]     .  THK    KooK    ( H'    PSAT-MS.  |5 


PSALM  X. 

I. 

Why,  O  LoKU,  staiuk'st  thou  afar  off? 

Thou  hidest  thyself  in  tunes  of  trouble. 

In  his  pride  the  ungodly  doth  persecute  the  poor : 

Let  them  be  taken  in  the  *  thoughts  that  they  have  imagined. 

For  ■*  the  ungodly  boasteth  of  the  desires  of  his  soul, 

And  the  covetous  he  blesseth  : 

God  he  contemneth.''  [God  : 

The  ungodly*^  in  the  pride  of  '^his  countenance  seeketh  not 

"  There  is  no  God,"  are  all  his  thoughts. 

Grievous  are  his  ways  at  all  times : 

Far  above  are  thy  judgments  out  of  his  sight, 

As  for  all  who  *  trouble  him,  he  pufFeth  at  them. 

He  saith  in  his  heart,  I  shall  not  be  moved  for  ^generations  of 

I  am  he  that  shall  have  no  evil.  [generations, 

Of  cursing  his  mouth  is  full,  and  of  deceit,  and  of  fraud : 

Under  his  tongue  is  mischief  and  iniquity. 

He  sitteth  in  the  lurking  places  of  the  villages : 

In  secret  places  he  murdereth  the  innocent : 

His  eyes  are  against  the  *  destitute. 

He  *lurketh  in  secret: 

As  a  lion  in  his  *covert  he  lurketh,  to  ravish  the  poor : 

He  doth  ravish  the  poor,  when  he  draweth  him  into  his  not. 

He  croucheth,  he  humbleth  himself: 

And  ^the*  destitute  fall  by  his  strong  ones. 

*  Heb.  for  boasteth  the  ungodly. 

''  In  this  I  have  followed  Dathe  :  it  corresponds  with  the  third  line  ot 
the  second  part,  which  is  an  antistrophe. 

"  The  received  Hebrew  te.xt  reads  with  the  Septuagint  D,  but  the 
English  Bible,  with  seventeen  of  Kennicott's  copies,  reads  3. 

''  Heb.  of  his  nostril  S]X. 

'  Heb.  to  generation  and  generation. 

^  Heb.  and  fall  by  his  strong  ones  the  destitute. 


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He  saith  in  his  heart,  "God  hath  forgotten  : 
He  hitloth  his  face,  he  will  not  see  it  for  ever.*' 

II. 
Arise,  O  Lord  God,  lift  up  thine  hand : 
Forget  not  the  poor. 

Wherefore  should  the  '"wicked  contemn  God, 
Saying  in  his  heart,  Thou  wilt  not  seek  it  out? 
Thou  hast  seen  it :  for  Thou,  even   Thou,  mischief  and  sj^ite 
To  requite  it  with  thine  hand.  [dost  behold. 

To  thee  *the  destitute  committcth  himself: 
The  fatherless,  —  it  is  Thou  ivho  art  indeed  his  helper. 
Break  the  power  of  the  ungodly  and  evil : 
Thou  shalt  search  out  his  ungodliness,  till  thou  find  none.*^ 

III. 
The  Lord  is  King  for  ever  and  ever : 
The  "^  heathen  are  perished  out  of  his  land. 
The  desires  *  of  the  meek  thou  hast  heard,  O  Lord  : 
Thou  wilt  establish  their  heart : 
Thou  ^wilt  cause  thine  ear  to  hear. 
That  thou  may  est  judge  the  fatherless  and  oppressed  : 
That  ^  the  man  ''  of  the  earth  may  terrify  no  more. 

"  Ileb.  hath  forgotten  God. 

''  It  is  remarkable  that  one  of  Kennicott's  copies  here  reads  "  Selah  : " 
which  is  the  very  place  where  it  would  appropriately  occur. 

"^  Ileb.  contemneth  the  wicked.  '"  Ileb.  thou  shalt  not  find. 

*  Ileb.  are  perished  the  heathen. 

*■  Ileb.  thou  wilt  cause  to  hear  thine  ear. 

s  Ileb.  shall  not  uiovc  add  to  terrifying  the  man  from  the  earth. 

''  From  the  earth  :  that  is,  maile  of  the  dust  of  the  ground. 


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PSALM  XI. 

To  the  Chief  Musician.     Of  David. 

I. 

In  tlie  Lord  *  Is  my  refuge : 

How  say  ye  to  my  soul, 

Flee  to  your'^  hill,  O  bird? 

For  behold,  the  ungodly  bend  the  bow, 

They  make  ready  their  arrow  upon  the  string, 

To  shoot  at  them  in  darkness,  even  at  the  upright  in  heart. 

For^  the  foundations  will  be  cast  down: 

The  righteous,  Avhat  can  he  do? 

II. 
The*^  Lord  Is  in  the  temple  of  his  holiness: 
The  Lord,  in  heaven  is  his  throne : 
His  eyes  behold, 

His  eyelids  try  the  children  of  men. 

The  Lord  the  righteous  trieth:  [hate. 

But  the  ungodly,  and  the  lover  of  violence  his  "^soul  doth 
He  shall  rain  upon  the  luigodly  coals  of  fire. 
And  brimstone,  and  a  wind  of  horror. 
As  the  portion  of  their  cup. 
For  the  righteous  Lord  righteousness'^  doth  love  : 
The  upright  his  countenance  shall  behold.'' 

"  The  pronoun  is  in  tlie  plural,  llie  word  rendered  "  bird"  being  a  noun 
of  number. 

''  This  is  the  speech  of  the  ungodly. 

"  Or  else,  The  Lord,  in  the  temple  is  his  holiness.  But  this,  though 
more  consistent  with  the  parallelism,  is  unsupported  by  any  version,  or  bv 
the  common  use  of  the  words. 

''  Heb.  doth  hate  his  soul.  '  Heb.  righteousnesses. 

'  Heb.  shall  behold  his  countenance. 


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PSALM  XII. 

To  the  Chief  Musician  upon  Sheminith.    A  Psahn  of  David. 

I. 
Save  uic,  O  Lord,  for  there  is  a  ceasing  of  the  godly: 
For  there  is  a  minishing  of  the  faithful  from  among  the  chil- 
dren of  men. 
Vanity  they  speak,  each  man  to  his  neighbour  : 
With  a  lip  of  flatteries,  with  a  ''double  heart  they  speak. 

II. 
The^  Lord  shall  cut  off  all  lips  of  flattery. 
The  tongue  that  speaketh  great  things  : 
Which  say,  AVith  our  tongue  will  we  prevail: 
Our  lips  are  our  own :  who  is  Lord  over  us? 

III. 

Because  of  the  *  desolation  of  the  poor. 

Because  of  the  *  groaning  of  the  needy, 

Now  will  I  arise,  saith  the  Lord  : 

I  will  set  him  in  safety  from  him  that  puffeth  at  him. 

IV. 

The  words  of  the  Lord  are  words  '^of  pui-ity,  [times. 

Silver  tried  in  the  furnace  from  "^the  earth,  *  refined  seven 

Thou,  O  Lord,  shalt  keep  them: 

Thou  shalt  preserve  them  from  this  generation  for  ever. 

On  every  side  the  ungodly  walk. 

When*'  the  vilest '^  of  the  sons  of  men  are  exalted. 

»  Heb.  heart  and  Iicart.  ''  Ileb.  shall  cut  off  llio  TiORD. 

•^  Ileb.  words  pure.  ''  Heb.  to,  or,  of  the  earth. 

'  Ileb.  when  are  exalted,  &r.  '  Ileb.  the  vilenes.ses. 


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PSALM  XIII. 
To  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psahn  of  David. 

I. 

How  long,  O  Lord,  wilt  thou  forget  me?  for  ever? 
How  long  wilt  thou  hide  thy  face  from  me  ? 
How  long  sliall  I  take  *  counsel  in  my  soul, 
With  sorrow  in  my  heart  daily? 
How  long  shall  ''mine  enemy  be  exalted  over  me? 

II. 

*  Behold,  hear  me,  O  Lord  my  God: 
Lighten  mine  eyes,  lest  I  have  the  sleep  of  death ; 
Lest  mine*^  enemy  say,  I  have  prevailed  against  him; 
And  those  that  trouble  me  i-ejoice  when  I  am  moved. 

III. 

But  as  for  me,  in  thy  mercy  I  trust: 
My  *  heart  shall  rejoice  in  thy  salvation. 
I  Avill  sing  to  the  Lord,  for  he  hath  *rewarded°  me: 
(And^  I  will  *make  a  psalm  to  the  Name  of  the  Lord  Most 
High.) 

"  rieb.  counsels.  ''  lleb-  be  exalted  mine  enemy. 

*^  Heb.  lest  say  mine  enemy.  "^  Ileb.  shall  rejoice  my  heart. 

^  See  English  Psalter,  Ps.  cxvi.  7.,  where  the  ITeb.  is  the  same. 

^  This  is  preserved  in  the  English  Psalter,  and  in  the  Septnagint,  though 
obelized  there.  It  seems  to  have  fallen  out  of  the  Hebrew  Text ;  for 
without  it  the  Psalm  is  abrupt  in  its  termination,  and  the  uniformity  of 
its  structure  is  impaired. 


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PSALM  XTV. 
To  the  Chief  Musician.     Of  David. 

The"  fool  hath  said  in  his  heart,  Tlicre  is  no  GodJ' 
They  are  corrupt,  they  are  abominable  in  their  doings : 
There  is  none  that  docth  good. 

Tlie  Lord  from  heaven  looked  down  upon  the  children  of  men. 
To  see  if  there  was*'  any  that  was  wise,  seeking  after  God.*^ 
They  are  all  gone  aside  together,  tliey  are  become  filthy : 
There  is  none  that  doeth  good,  not  even  one. 

Have  they  no  knowledge,  all  the  workers  of  iniquity. 
Who  eat  up  my  people,  as  they  eat  bread  ? 
Upon  the  Lord  they  have  not  called. 

Tlicre  they  feared  a  fear : 
For  God  is  in  the  generation  of  the  righteous. 
The  counsel  of  the  poor  ye  have  shamed. 
Because  the  Lord  is  his  refusre. 

Who  will  give  from  Sion  salvation  to  Israel  ? 
When°  the  Lord  turneth  the  captivity  of  his  people. 
Rejoicing^  shall  be  in  Jacob, 
Gladness  in  Israel. 

'  Heb.  bath  said  the  fool.  \  J  See  the  lOtli  Psahn. 

"■  "was"  is  emphatic,  Lv\1.  "^  Ileb.  wlioii  turneth  the  Lord. 

'  Ileb.  shall  rejoice  Jacob  ;  shall  lie  filad  Israel. 


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PSALM  XV. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

Lord,  wlio  shall  sojourn-^  in  tliy  tabernacle? 
Who  shall  dwell  in  the  hill  of  thy  holiness? 

He  that  walketh  uprightly. 

And  doeth  righteousness, 

And  speakcth  truth  in  his  heart. 

He  backbite th  not  with  his  tongue, 

He  doeth  not  to  his  neighbour  evil,  [liim. 

And  a  reproach  he  taketh  not  up  against  *  him  that  is  near 

He  ^  is  contemned  in  his  own  eyes,  he  is  abased : 

And  those  that  fear  the  Lord  he  honourcth. 

He  sweareth  to  his  neighbour,  and  changeth  not : 

His  money  he  giveth  not  upon  usury  : 

And  a  reward  against  the  innocent  he  taketh  not. 
He  that  doeth  these  things  shall  not  be  moved  for  ever. 

''  "113%  which,  being  joined  to  the  -word  "  tabernacle,"  signifies  the 
temporary  habitation  of  God  on  earth,  of  whicli  the  tabernacle  of  Moses 
may  be  considered  a  symbol ;  while  "  dwell"  refers  to  the  temple,  the 
type  of  God's  perpetual  habitation  in  heaven. 

''  Here  the  sense  of  the  English  Psalter  is  followed  ;  though  the  Sep- 
tuagint  and  English  Bible  alike  translate  it  "  in  whose  eyes  a  vile  person 
is  contemned." 


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22  THE    BOOK    or    PSALMS.  [Part  I. 


PSALM  XVI. 

Michtam  of  David. 

I. 
Preserve  me,  O  God :  for  *  my  refuge  is  in  thee. 
Thou'^  hast  said  unto  the  LOKU,  my  Lord  art  thou: 
My  goodness  is  nothing  unto  thee : 
It^  is  for  the  saints  which  are  in  the  earth  ; 
Those,  and  the  excellent,  all  my  delight  is  in  them. 
Many  shall  be  their  sorrows  who  after  another  god  do  hasten.*' 
I  will  not  offer  their  drink-offerings  of  blood. 
And  I  will  not  take  up  their  names  into  my  lips. 

II. 

The  Loud  is  the  portion  of  mine  inheritance,  and  of  my  cup: 

Thou  thyself  shalt  maintain  my  lot. 

The  lines  are  fallen  to  me  in  pleasant  places : 

Yea,  a  heritage  that  is  goodly  is  mine. 

I  will  bless  the  Lord,  who  hath  given  me  counsel: 

Yea,  in  the  night  my  reins  chasten  me.  ^ 

I  have  set  the  Loud  before  me  continually, 

^  The  Septuagint  and  Syriac  here  read,  "  I  have  said,"  which  reading 
is  the  most  intelligible;  and  is  confirmed  by  "2]  or  22  oi"  KennicottV,  and 
])y  8  of  De  Rossi's  MSS. 

''  This  very  obscure  passage  1  have  rendered  according  to  the  sense  of 
the  English  Uible  translation.  That  is,  all  the  good  I  can  do  or  imagine, 
can  in  no  way  benefit  thee.  Jkit  it  may  benefit  thy  servants,  the  saints 
which  are  in  the  earth.  It  may  also  be  rendered,  according  to  the 
sense  of  the  English  Psalter,  "  I  am  for,  or  attached  to,  the  saints  that  are 
in  the  earth."  The  Septuagint  reads,  roif  dyUm-  to7^  tv  rrj  yfj  avrov,  tduv- 
Huanoaiv  Truvrn  tu  QiKi^jxctTu  avTov  tv  avToig,  reading  instead  of  *~)^TX1  {find 
the  excellent)  insn,  and  instead  of  ^VQH  VVDH. 

*-"  "  Or  give  gifts  to  another,"  as  the  margin  of  the  English  Hible  gives 
it ;  the  Ileb.  word   "in^,  signifying  either  to  hasten,  or  lo  endow. 

•^  HeVj.  chasten  me  my  reins. 


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For  he  is  on  my  right  hand;   I  shall  not  be  moved. 

Wherefore*  my  heart  was  glad,  and  my  glory  rejoiced: 

Yea,  my  flesh  shall  rcst^  in  hope. 

For  thou  wilt  not  leave  my  soul  in  hell. 

Thou  wilt  not  suffer  thy  '^  Holy  One  *  to  see  corruption. 

Thou*  shalt*^  make  known  to  me  the  path  of  life: 

Fulness  of  joys  is  in  thy  presence : 

Pleasures  are  at  thy  right  hand  for  evermore. 

"  Ileb.  was  glad  my  lieart,  and  rejoiced  my  glory. 

"  Heb.  dwell. 

'  "Holy  One"  is  plural  among  the  received  copies  of  the  Jews;  but 
Dr.  Kennicott  remarks  that  it  is  in  the  singular  number  in  six  editions  of 
the  printed  Talmud.  In  180  copies  of  Kennicott,  in  the  LXX.,  and  in 
the  Syriac,  it  is  singular. 

''  This  is  the  more  literal  rendering,  as  in  Acts  ii.  28. 


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PSALM  XVII. 

A  Prayer  of  David. 

I. 
Hear,  O  Lord,  *  righteousness : 
Consider  my  cry  : 
Give  car  unto  my  prayer, 
That  goeth  not  out  of  lips  of  deceit. 
From  thy  presence  let  *  judgment  come  forth  : 
Let  thine  eyes  beliold  the  things  that  are  equal. 
Thou  hast  proved  mine  heart. 
Thou  hast  visited  mc  in  the  night : 

Thou  hast  tried  me,  and  shalt  find  nothing  :  *  [mouth,'' 

I  am  purposed  that  there  shall  not  be  transgression  in  my 
Concerning'^  the  works  of  man. 
By  the  word  of  thy  lips 

I*^  have  kept  me  from  the  paths  of  the  destroyer. 
Hold  up  my  goings  in  thy  paths  : 
My  ^footsteps  shall  not  be  moved. 

II. 
As  for  mc,  I  have  called  upon  thee. 
For  thou  wilt  hear  me,  O  God  : 
Incline  thine  ear  to  me, 
Hear  my  speech. 
Shew  the  marvels  of  thy  mercies, *^ 

"  Ileb.  thou  tihalt  not  find. 

'•  Hcb.  shall  not  transgress  my  mouth. 

*■  The  Septuagint  is  followed  in  taking  this  line  in  connection  with  the 
former.  The  Septuagint,  however,  reads,  "that  my  mouth  may  not 
speak,"  instead  of  "  transgress,"  "13T  for  "Qy* , 

^  OK  emphatic. 

"  Shall  not  be  moved  my  footsteps, 

'  So  read  both  our  translations,  the  LXX.,  the  Syriac,  35  and  .'^7  of 


Paut  l.J  THE    1$0()K    OF    I'SALMS.  25 

0  thou  that  savcst  them  that  *takc  rcriigc  in  thee 
From  those  that  rise  up  against  thy  right  hand. 
Keep  me  as  the  apple  of  the  eye/ 

Under  the  shadow  of  thy  wings  hide  me  : 
From  the  presence  of  the  ungodly  that  waste  me  : 
Mine  enemies  my  soul  ^do*  surround. 
In  their  own  fat  they  are  inclosed  : 
■Their  mouths  speak  in  pride.*^ 
Our*  goings  they  have  now  encompassed  ; 
Their  eyes  they  have  set,  turning  down  to  the  earth, 
Like  as  when  a  lion  is  greedy  of  prey. 
And  as  when  a  young  lion  lurketh  in  secret  places. 

III. 
Arise '\  O  Lord  :  '^  disappoint  him  :   cast  him  down  : 
Deliver  my  soul  from  the  ungodly  />//  thy  sword : 
From  the  men,  bt/  thy  hand,  O  Lord  : 
From  the  men  of  this  world  : 
Their  portion  is  in  this  life  : ' 
And  with  thy  hid  treasure  thou  fillest  their  belly. 
They  ^have  children  to  the  full,'' 
And  they  leave  their*  residue  to  their  babes. 
As  for  me,  in  righteousness  I  will  behold  thy  Presence : 

1  shall  be  satisfied,^  when  I  awake,  with  thy  likeness. 

Kennicott's  MSS.,  and  some  of  De  Rossi's.  But  the  received  Heb.  text 
is  n?Dn,  not  N?Dn,  which  they  read. 

•'■  Heb.  of  the  daughter  of  the  eye. 

''  Or,  the  enemies  in  soul  surround  nie. 

<^  Plural  in  the  Heb. 

''  This  is  like  the  style  of  the  cirounijacent  Psalms. 

*■  Heb.  go  before  his  face :  but  this  idiom  is  so  obscure,  that  the 
reading  of  our  authorised  translations  is  here  retained. 

'"  Heb.  lives. 

^  Or,  according  to  the  margin  of  tiie  Knglish  Bible,  "  Tlieir  childrou 
arc  full." 

'',  '  The  same  word  in  Heb.  ]}2C' 


26  TIIK    BOOK    OF    r.SALMS.  [Part  I. 


PSALM  XYIU. 

To  the  C'hicf  iSIvi.sician.  Of  David  tlie  servant  of  the  Lord  ; 
who  !<{)akc  unto  the  LoitD  tlie  words  of  this  song,  in  the 
day  that  the  LoiiD  delivered  him  from  the  hand  of  all 
his  eiunnics,  (ind  fruin  the  hand  of  Saul.      And  he  said, 

I. 

I  will  love  thee,  O  Loud,  my  strength  :  [deliverer. 

The   Lord   is   my*   stony   rock,   and   my   fortress,  and   my 

My  God,  my  Rock  ;   I  will  *  take  refuge  in  him  : 

]\[y  shield,  and  the  horn  of  my  salvation  ;  my  high  tower. 

With''  praise  Avill  I  call  upon  God  : 

And  from  mine  enemies  I  shall  be  saved. 

II. 

They  compassed  me,  "^tlie  sorrows  of  death, 

And  the  floods  of  lielial  affrighted  me  : 

The  sorrows  of  hell  came  about  me. 
They  overtook  me,  the  snares  of  death. 

In  my''  trouble  1  will  call  upon  the  Lord, 
And  unto  God  will  I  cry  : 
lie  shall  hear,  from  his  temple,  my  voice, 
^Vnd  my  cry  shall  be  in  his  presence : 
It  shall  enter  into  his  ears. 

III. 

Then  did  "^^ shake  and  '  (piake  the  earth  : 
And  the  foundations  of  the  hills  trembled, 
And  did  shako,  l)ecauso  wratli  was  witli  him. 

"  Ileb.  '•ypD-  ''  Tlic  Soptiiagint  (ai'rwi')  is  here  followed. 

'^  Ilcb.  the  pangH,  i)V  throes,  *73n. 
■^  Ileb.  in  the  trouble  (that  was*)  (o  me. 

•^  The  similarity  of  sound  of  the  two  Hebrew  words  L"yjn  and  L"y"in  is 
here  imitated. 


f0 

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Taut  I.]  I'llIO    I'.OoK    OF    rSALMS.  27 

There  went  up  a  smoke  troin  his  nostrils, 

And  a  fire  out  of  his  mouth  devoured  : 

Coals  were  kindled  by  it. 

And  ho  bowed  the  heavens,  and  came  down  : 

And  there  was  darkness  under  his  feet : 

And  he  rode  upon  the  cherub,  and  did  fly  :  '^ 

And  he  came  ^flying  upon  the  Avings  of  the  wind.  \ 

He  made  darkness  his  secret  place : 

liound  "^  about  him  were  as  a  pavilion  darkness  of  waters, 

Thick  clouds  of  the  skics.*^ 

At  the  brightness  before  him  the  thick  clouds  passed. 

Hail,  and  coals  of  fire. 

And  "^theLoRD  thundered  in  the  heavens. 

And  the  Most  High  gave  his  voice, 

Hail,  and  coals  of  fire. 

And  he  sent  out  his  arrows,  and  scattered  them  ; 

And  his  lightnings  he  *  showered,  and  discomfited  them. 

Then  'were  seen  the  channels  of  the  waters  : 

Then  were  discovered  the  foundations  of  the  world. 

At  thy  cliiding,  O  Loud  : 

At  the  blasting  of  the  breath  of  thy  nostrils. 

He  shall  send  from  on  high  :  he  shall  fetch  me  : 

He  shall  draw  me  out  of  many  waters.^ 

He  shall  deliver  me  from  mine  enemy,  that  teas  strong, 

And  from  my  haters  :  for  they  were  too  mighty  for  me  : 

They  overtook  me  in  the  day  of  my  calamity  : 

But  ''the  Lord  was  a  stay  for  me. 

IV. 

For  I  have  kept  the  ways  of  the  Lord, 
And  have  not  gone  wickedly  from  my  God. 

"  e]j;v  a  different  word  in  the  Hebrew  from  that  in  the  next  line. 

''  XIV  "^  Heb.  they  surrounded  him  (as)  his  pavilion. 

''  Or,  the  conflicting  clouds  :  (/.  e.)  thunder  clouds. 

"  Ileb.  and  thundered  the  Lord. 

^  Heb.  and  were  seen,  and  were  discovered. 

s  Heb.  waters  nuuiy. 

'■  Heb.  but  was  (emphatic)  the  Lord  a  staff"  to  me. 


28  Till-:    JiOoK    OF    rSALMS.  [Part  I. 

For  all  his  juclgincnts  arc  before  ine, 

And  his  statutes  I  put  not  away  from  nic. 

And  "I  was  perfect  before  hiui : 

And  I  kept  myself  from  mine  iniquity  :  [righteousness. 

And    *'the    Loud    hatli     rewarded    me    according    to    my 

According  to  the  cleanness  of  my  hands  before  his  eyes. 

With  the  merciful  thou  wilt  be  merciful  : 

With  the  '^man  of  perfcctncss  thou  wilt  be  perfect: 

With  the  clean  thou  wilt  ]»e  clean  : 

And  with  the  froward  thou  wilt  wrestle. 

For  thou,  even  thou  the  people  of  affliction  wilt  save. 
But  the  eyes  of  haughtiness  wilt  bring  down  : 
For  thou,  even  tliua  shalt  light  my  lamp  : 
The  Loud  my  God  will  lighten  my  darkness : 
For  by  thee  I  shall  run  through  an  host : 
And  by  my  God  I  shall  leap  o^•er  the  wall. 

V." 
God  : . .  perfect  are  his  ways  : 
The  word  of  the  Loud  is  tried  in  the  fire ; 
A  shield  is  He  to  all  who  *take  refuge  in  him. 

For  who  is  God,  save  the  Loud? 

And  who  is  the  liock,  except  our  God  ? 

It  is  God  who  girdeth  me  with  strength. 

And  maketh  perfect  my  ways. 

He  maketh  my  feet  like  those  of  hinds, 

And  on  my  high  places  he  maketh  mc  to  stand  : 

He  teacheth  my  hands  to  war. 

And  '"a  bow  of  *l)rass  is  Ijvokon  /n/  mine  arms. 


"  I  was  (cmi)h.). 

''  Heb.  and  hath  rcwardod  nic  the  Jyord. 
"^^  Ilelj.  133,  ii  strong  (or  oniiiiont)  man  pcvfci't. 

''  This  V.  division  is  aiitislroi)hii^'al  lo  the  first:  containing  an  enhirgc- 
nient  of  the  epithets  there,  Strength,  Koek.  Shield,  isce. 
'   Heb.  is  broken  a  bow  ol'  brass. 


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And  thou  slmlt  olvc  nic  the  shield  of  thy  salvation  : 

And  tliy  right  hand  shall  hold  me  u\), 

And  thy  gentleness  shall  be  multiplied  on  me. 

Thou  shalt  make  room  for  my  steps  under  me, 
And  "my  footsteps  shall  not  slide. 
I  will  Ibllow  mine  enemies,  and  overtake  them  : 
And  I  will  not  return  till  I  have  destroyed  them. 
I  will  smite  them,  and  they  shall  not  be  able  to  rise  ; 
They  shall  fall  under  my  feet. 

And  thou  hast  girded  me  with  strength  to  war; 
Thouhastbowed  down*^  under  me  those  who  rose  up  a-:,ainst  me. 
And  mine  enemies ;  .  .  thou  hast  given  me  their  neck, 
And  those  that  hate  me  I  *  shall  eut  down. 
They  shall  cry  :  but  there  shall  be  none  to  save  : 
Even  to  the  Lord  :  but  he  shall  not  hear  them. 
And  I  will  beat  them  small  as  the  dust  before  the  wind  : 
As  the  clay  of  the  streets  I  will  cast  them  out. 

VI. 
Thou  shalt  deliver  me  from  the  sti'ivlngs  of  the  people  ; 
Thou  shalt  make  me  the  head  of  the  heathen  : 
A  people  whom  I  have  not  known  shall  serve  me  : 
At  the  hearing  of  the  ear  they  shall  hear  me  ; 
The  children  of  the  stranger  shall  dissemble  with  me, 
The  children  of  the  stranger  shall  fail. 
And  shall  be  afraid  out  of  their  close  places. 

VII. 

The  L0KD'=  llveth  : 

And  blessed  be  my  Rock  : 

And  exalted  be  the  God  of  my  salvation  : 

Even  the  God  who  giveth  vengeance'^  for  me, 

And  destroyetli  the  *  nations  under  me, 

•'  Heb.  and  shall  not  slide  my  footsteps. 

''  Heb.  those  that  rose  up  against  me  under  me. 

"  Heb.  liveth  the  Lord.  '  Heb.  vengeances. 


30  TFIE    r.OOlC    OF    rSALMS.  [Part  I. 

Delivering  me  from  mine  enemies  ; 

Yea,  above  those  that  rise  against  me  thou  cxaltest  me  ; 

From  tlie  man  of  violence  thou  shalt  rid  me. 

VIII. 

Therefore  will  I  give  thanks  to  thee  among  the  heathen,  O 
And  to  thy  Name*  will  I  make  a  psalm.  [Lord: 

He  hath  magnified  the  salvation'^  of  his  King, 
And  he  sheweth  ^  mercy  to  his  Anointed, 
To  David,  and  to  his  seed  for  evermore. 

»  Ileb.  the  salvations.  "  lleb,  doetlj. 


Pakt  I.]  TlIK    IJOOK    OF    I'SALMS.  31 

PSALM  XIX. 

To  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psahn  of  David. 

I. 

The  heavens  *  are  telling  the  glory  of  God  ; 

And  the  works'^  of  his  hands  *declareth  the  firmnmont. 

Day  unto  day  uttereth  speech  : 

And  night  unto  night  sheweth  knowledge. 

There  is  no  speech,  and  there  is  no  language  :  ^ 

It  is  not  heard,  their  voice  : 

Through  the  whole  earth  goeth  forth  their  voice : 
And  to  the  end  of  the  world  their  words. 

For  the  sun  he  hath  set  a  tahcrnaclc  in  them. 

And  he  as  a  bridegroom  goeth  forth  from  his  chamber : 

He  rejoiceth  as  a  strong  man  to  run  his  course. 

From  the  end  of  the  heavens  is  his  going  forth, 

And  his  circuit  unto  the  ends  of  them  : 

And  nothing  is  hid  from  the  heat  thereof. 

II. 

The  law  of  the  Lord  is  perfect,  converting  the  soul : 
The*'  testimony  of  the  Loud  is  sure,  making  wise  the  simple : 
The  *  precepts  of  the  Loed  are  right,  *  making  glad  the  heart : 
The  commandment '^  of  the  Lord  is  pure,  giving  light  to  the 
The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  clean,  enduring  for  ever  :  [eyes. 

The  judgments  of  the  Lord  are  true  ;    they  are  righteous 
altogether. 

"  Heb.  work  :  but  it  is  here  rendered  in  the  plural,  hi  order  to  observe 
without  ambiguity  the  original  sequence  of  the  latter  words  of  the  lino. 

^  Heb.  words. 

'^  So  read  both  our  versions,  and  the  LXX  ;  but  tlia  Ilelirew  is  in  the 
plural  number. 

'"  So  read  both  our  versions,  and  the  LXX.  The  Ileb.,  which  is  in 
the  plural,  is  obviously  wrong,  sinee  tlie  adjective  is  singular. 


32  THK    I'.ooK    or    rSAL.MS.  [Part  I. 

More  to  be  desired  are  they  than  gold,  yea,  than  *  much  fine  gold: 
And  sweeter  than  honey,  and  the  dropping  of  honeycombs. 
Moreover  by  them  is  thy  servant  taught^: 
And  in  keeping  them  the  reward  is  great. 

The  wanderings  of  man  who  can  understand? 

From  secret  faults  O  cleanse  thou  me. 

Also  from  presumptuous  sins  keep  back  thy  servant, 

Let  them  not  liave  dominion  over  me  : 

So  shall  I  be  perfect,  and  *  clean  from  the  great  transgression.'^ 

Lef*  the  words  of  my  mouth,  and  the  meditati(m  of  my  heart 

be  acceptable 
In  thy  sight,  O  Lord,  my  liock,  and  my  Redeemer. 

*  Ileb.  fine  gold  much. 

''  Heb.  enlightened. 

'  Heb.  transgression  great. 

•^  Heb.  let  them  be  acceptable  the  words,  &c. 


I'AKT  I.J  THE    IJOOK    OF    rSALMS.  33 


PSALM  XX. 

To  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psahn  of  David. 


1.  The*  Lord  shall  hear  thee  in  the  day  of  trouble: 

2.  The  Name  of  the  God  of  Jacob  *  shall  exalt  thee  ; 
He  shall  send  thy  help  from  the  holy  place  ; 
And  out  of  Sion  he  shall  *  uphold  thee. 

3.  He  will  remember  all  thy  *  gifts. 

And  thy  burnt  offering  he  will  accept.'' 

SELAH. 

II. 
3.   He  will  grant  thee  according  to  thine  heart ; 
And  all  thy  counsel  he  will  fulfil. 

We  will  *  sing  for  joy  in  thy  salvation, 
And  in  the  Name  of  our  God  Ave  will  set  up  our  banners: 
The  "^LoKD  will  fulfil  all  thy  petitions. 

2.   Now  know  I,  that  the  Lord  saveth  his  Anointed : 
He  will  hear  him  from  the  heaven  of  his  holiness, 
With  the  strength  of  the  salvation  of  his  right  hand. 

Some  "*  trust  in  chariots,  and  some  in  hoi'ses  : 

But  as  for  us,  the  Name  of  the  Lord  our  God  we  will 
remember : 

As  for  them,  they  are  *  bowed  down,  and  fallen: 
But  as  for  us,  we  are  risen,  and  stand  upright. 


"  Heb.  shall  heai-  thee  the  Lord,  &c.,  shall  exalt  thee  the  Name,  &c. 
^  "  make  fat,"  marg.  P^ng.  Bible. 
*=  Heb.  will  fulfil  the  Lord. 

"'  Or,  some  of  chariots,  and  some  of  horses,  but  we  of  the  Name  of 
the  Lord  our  God  will  be  mindful. 

D 


34  THE    BOOK    OF    rSALMS.  [1'aut  I. 

1.  O  Lord,  save  the  King" : 

Hear  us  in  tlic  day  when  we  call. 

"  This  reading  follows  that  of  our  offices  for  Morning  and  Evening 
Prayer,  and  the  Septuagint.  The  translations  both  in  our  Bible  and 
Psalter,  "  let  the  King  hear  ns  when  we  call,"  and  "  hear  us,  O  King  of 
heaven,"  &c.,  are  opposed  to  the  context  both  of  this  and  the  following 
Psalm,  and  with  the  general  use  of  the  word  "King"  in  the  Psalms: 
which,  though  applied  to  the  second  Person  of  the  Trinity,  is  not  used  to 
express  God  the  Father,  unless  coupled  with  some  epithet  or  adjunct. 
The  Syriac,  however,  supports  our  authorized  versions. 


Paut  l.J  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  35 


PSALM  XXI. 

To  the  Chief  Musician.     A  l^siihn  of  David. 

1. 

1.  O  LoKi),  in  thy  strenjyth  the  King  shall  be  *glad:* 

2.  And  in  thy  salvation  how  shall  he  rejoice  exceedingly  ! 

3.  The  desires  of  his  heart  thou  hast  given  him : 

And  the  request  of  his  lips  thou  hast  not  withholden. 

SELAH, 

ir. 
3.  For  thou  shalt  prevent  him  with  the  blessings  of  goodness: 
Thou  shalt  set  on  his  head  a  crown  of  pure  gold. 
Life  he  asked  of  thee : 
Thou  gavest  him  length  of  days  for  ever  and  ever. 

2.  Great  is  his  glory  in  thy  salvation : 

Honour  and  majesty  shalt  thou  lay  upon  him. 
For  thou  set  on  him  blessings  for  ever :  [countenance. 

Thou  shalt  make  him*  joyful  with  the   *  gladness  of  thy 
For  the  King  trusteth  in  the  Lord  :  [moved. 

And  through  the  mercy  of  the  Most  High  he  shall  not  be 

1.  Thine^  hand  shall  find  out  all  thine  enemies  :*= 

Thy  right  hand  shall  find  out  them  that  hate  thee,   [wrath : 
Thou  shalt  make  them  as  a  *  furnace  of  fire  in  the  time  of  thy 
The  Lord  in  his  displeasure  shall  swallow  them  up : 
And  the  fire  shall  devour  them. 
Their  fruit  from  the  earth  shalt  thou  destroy ; 

*  Ileb.  shall  be  glad  the  King. 

''  Heb.  shall  And  out  thine  hand. 

=  Literally,  to,  or  by  all  thine  enemies.  "  Thy  right  hand  shall  be  felt 
by  them,"  according  to  the  LXX. ;  ivptOihi  ij  x"P  <^""  iraaiv  tois  ix^po7i: 
rrov. 

u    2 


ofi  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [I'aut  1. 

And  their  seed  from  among  the  children  of  men. 

For  they  intended"  against  thee  evil: 

They  imagined  mischief:  they  *  cannot  do  it. 

Therefore  shalt  thou  put  them  to  flight :  [their  face. 

On  thy  strings  shalt  thou  make  ready  thine  arroirs  against 

Be  thou  exalted,  Loud,  in  thine  own  strcngtli : 

We  will  sing,  and  *make  a  psalm  to  thy  power. 

'This   is   the   rendoriiifr   of  both   our   translations:  ln-iuLr   the   literal 
translation  of  the  Heb.  10:  in  the  obsolete  sense  of  "  strctchinpr  out." 


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PSALM  XXII. 

To   the  Chief  Musician  on  Aijcleth    Shuhar.      A    T.-^ahu   of 

David. 

I. 

1. 

My  Gcul,  iny  Goil,  why  hast  thou  forsaken  nio, 
Far  from  my  salvation,  from  the  words  of  my  roaring? 
O  my  God,  I  cry  in  the  day,  and  thou  hearest  not: 
And  in  the  night,  and  there  is  no  rest  to  me. 

But  thou  continucst  holy,*^ 

Thou  that  art  the  praise^  of  Israel. 

In  thee  trusted  our  fathers : 

They  trusted,  and  thou  didst  deliver  them : 

Unto  thee  they  cried,  and.  were  holpen: 

In  thee  they  trusted,  and  were  not  *  ashamed. 
But  as  for  me,  I  am  a  worm,  and  no  man: 
The  reproach  of  men,  and  despised  of  the  people. 
All  they  that  see  me  laugh  in  scorn  at  me: 
They  shoot  out  the  lip;  they  shake  the  head,  saying, 
He*^  trusted  in  God:  he  will  *  rescue  him: 
Let  him  deliver  him:  for  he  delighteth  in  him. 

But*^  thou  art  he  that  took  me  out  of  the  womb: 

Thou  didst  make  me  hope,  lohen  on  the  breasts  of  my 
mother. 

Upon  thee  have  I  been  cast  from  my  birth: 

Even  from  tlie  womb  of  my  mother  my  God  art  Thou. 

*  Heb.  holy  dost  continue  .  .  .  or,  inhabitcst  the  praises  of  Israel.  Eng. 
Bible. 

''  6  ttraii'oi:'l<jpa)]\  ;  LXX.  praises,  Heb. 

"  -jj,  a  different  word  Ironi  that  so  rendered  before,  nD3- 

''  Heb.  For. 


38  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  I. 

2. 

Be  not  far  from  me,  for  trouble  is  at  hand: 
For  there  is  none  to  help.** 

Round  about  me  are  many  oxen:^ 
Fat  bulls  of  Bashan  have  beset  me. 
They  gape  upon  me  with  their  mouths. 
As  a  lion  raveninii-  and  roaring. 

Like  water  am  I  poured  out, 

And  there''  is  a  sundering  of  all  my  bones: 

My  "^  heart  is  like  wax  melted  in  the  midst  of  my  bowels: 

There®  is  a  drying  up,  as  of  a  potsherd,  of  my  strength. 

And  my  tongue  is  cleaving  to  my  jaws ; 

And  into  the  dust  of  death  thou  shalt  bring  me. 
For  round  about  me  are  dogs: 
The  assembly  of  the  wicked  is  inclosing  me. 

They  ^  have  pierced  my  hands  and  my  feet : 

I  may  tell  all  my  bones: 

As  for  them,  they  are  looking  and  staring  on  me. 

They  are  parting  my  garments  among  them ; 

And  upon  my  vesture  they  are  casting  lots. 
But  thou,  O  Lord,  be  not  far  off: 

0  my  succour,  to  help  me  hasten: 

Deliver  from  the  sword  my  soul: 
From  the  hand  of  the  dog  mine  only  one : 
Save  me  from  the  mouth  of  the  lion, 
•<^    And  from  the  horns  of  the  unicorns  hear  me.^ 

II. 
1. 

1  will  *tell  of  thy  Name  to  my  brethren; 

In  the  midst  of  the  congregation  I  will  praise  thee. 

*  Heb.  no  helper.  "^  Heb.  oxen  many. 

*^  Heb.  are  sundered  all  my  bones. 

•^  Heb.  my  heart ...  ^  is  dried  up. 

*■  The  received  Heb.  reading,  (doubtless  a  falsification  of  the  JeAvs,)  .         , 
is  """IKD,  which  may  be  translated,  as  "  a  liar  :"  but  the  LXX.,  Syriac,  and  I  '^^ 
both  our  translations  read  "|"IS3,  as  also  7  or  8  of  Kennicott's  ]\ISS.,  Il^ 
5  of  Kennicott's  MSS.  (4  of  these  marginal),  and  10  of  De  Kossi's. 

"  Or,  "  my  luimiliation,"  according  to  the  LXX.  and  Syriac. 


Part  I.]  THE    BOOK    OF    TSALMS.  39 

Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  praise  hhn: 

All  ye  seed  of  Jacob,  glorify  him, 

And  *  stand  in  awe  of  him,  all  ye  seed  of  Israel. 

For  he  hath  not  despised  nor  abhorred  the  afflictions  of 

Nor  hath  he  hid  his  face  from  him:  [the  afflicted, 

And  when  he  called  unto  him,  he  heard. 

2. 
Of  thee  is  my  praise  in  the  great  congregation:* 
My  vows  Avill  I  perform  before  them  that  fear  him. 
The  ^meek  shall  eat,  and  be  satisfied: 
They  shall  praise  the  Lord  that  seek  him: 
Your  heart  shall  live  for  ever.  [ends  of  the  earth  : 

They  shall  remember,  and  turn  unto  the  Lord,  all  the 
And  they  shall  worship  before  him,  all  the  kindreds  of 
For  the  Lord's  is  the  kingdom:  [the  heathen. 

And  he  *hath  dominion*^  among  the  heathen.  [earth: 
They  shall  eat,  and  worship,  all  those  that  are  fat  in  the 
Before  *his  face  shall  bow  down  all  that  go  down  to  the 
But  his  own  soul  no  one  can  keep  alive.  [dust: 

A  seed  shall  serve  him : 

It  shall  be  "^acounted  unto  the  Lord  for  a  generation. 
They  shall  come,  and  declare  his  righteousness ; 
Unto  a  people  to  be  born,  ®that  he  hath  done  it. 

"  Heb.  congregation  great.  •"  Heb.  shall  eat  the  meek. 

■^  Heb.  is  ruling,  or  having  dominion. 

^  Heb.  told  :  the  same  word  ISD  as  was  rendei'ed  "  tell,"  in  the  first 
line  of  this  division. 

•  Or,  "  for  he  hath  done  it." 


D  4 


40  THE    BOOK    OF    TSALMS.  [Part  I. 


PSALM  XXIII. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

The  Lord  is  my  shepherd : 

I  shall  not  want. 

In  pastures  of  tender  grass^  he  shall  make  me  lie  down  : 

By  waters  of  quietness  he  shall  lead  me. 

My  soul  he  shall  restore : 

He  shall  bring  me  forth  in  the  paths  of  righteousness. 

For  the  sake  of  his  Name. 

Yea,  though  I  Avalk  through  the  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death, 

I  will  not  fear  evil ; 

For  thou  art  with  me  : 

Thy  rod  and  thy  staff  they  give  *  me  quietness. 

Thou  shalt  prepare  before  me  a  table  in  the  presence  of  them 

Thou  hast  anointed  with  oil  my  head :  [that  trouble  me  : 

My  cup  shall  *  overflow.  [my  life  : 

Surely  goodness  and  mercy  shall  follow  me  all  the  days  of 

And  I  will  *  rest  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  to  the  *  end  of  days.** 

"  The  Heb.  is  but  one  word,  NEi'l,  or,  "  In  pleasant  places  of  grass." 
''  Heb.  length  of  days,  marg.  Eng.  Bible. 


Part  1.]  THE    I'.OOK    OF    TSALMS.  4] 

PSALM  XXIV. 
Of  David.     A  Psalm. 

I. 

The  Lord's  is  the  earth,  and  the  f'uhiess  thereof: 
The  world,  and  they  that  dwell  therein. 
For  it  is  He  who  on  the  seas  hath  founded  it, 
And  on  the  floods  hath  established  it. 

Who  shall  ascend  into  the  hill  of  the  Lord, 

And  who  shall  rise  up  in  tlie  place ^  of  his  holiness? 

The  clean  of  hands,  and  the  pure  of  heart. 

Who  hath  not  lifted  up  to  vanity  his  soul. 

And  hath  not  sworn  deceitfully ; 

He  shall  receive  the  blessing  from  the  Lord, 

And  righteousness  from  the  God  of  his  salvation. 

This  is  the  generation  of  ^  tiiem  that  *  require  him. 

That  seek  thy  face,  [O  God  '^J  of  Jacob. 

SELAII. 
II. 

Lift  up,  O  ye  gates,  your  heads ; 

And  be  ye  lift  up,  ye  everlasting  doors  ;'^ 

And  he  shall  come  in,  the  King  of  glory. 

Who  is  this  King  of  glory  ? 
The  Lord  strong  and  mighty : 
The  Lord  mighty  in  l)attle. 

"  The  two  words  are  similar  in  the  Heb.  D"||"5D3  C31p^ 

^  Thus  both  our  transhxtions,  and  the  Septuagint,  and  21  or  22  of* 
Kennicott's  cojnes  :  but  the  received  Heb.  text  reads  "  him  that  seeketh 
him."  WT[. 

'  So  the  Septuagint  (which  Origen  has  not  obelized)  and  the  Syriac. 
It  is  necessary  to  adopt  this  reading,  which  is  found  in  two  of  Keiniicott's 
copies. 

''  Heb.  doors  everlasting. 


42  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  I. 

Lift  up,  O  ye  gates,  your  heads ; 

And  *be  ye  lift  up,  ye  everlasting  doors; 

And  he  shall  come  in,  the  King  of  glory. 

Who  is  he,  this  King  of  glory  ? 

The  LoKD  of  hosts : 

Even  He  is  the  King  of  glory. 

SELAH. 

*  The  received  Heb.  text  has  "  lift  up  :"  but  the  present  reading,  which 
follows  the  LXX.  and  the  English  Psalter,  is  sanctioned  by  5  or  7  of 
Kennicott's  copies. 


Part  I  ]  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  43 


PSALM  XXV. 
Of  David. 

>«  Unto  thee,  O  Lord'* 

My  soul  I  lift  up,  O  God: 
1  In  thee  I  trust :   I  shall  not  be  ashamed  ; 

Mme^  enemies  shall  not  triumph  over  me. 
:i  Yea,  all  that  hope  in  thee  shall  not  be  ashamed : 

They  shall  be  ashamed  who  transgress  without  cause. 

1  Thy  ways,  O  Lord,  *  make  me  to  know : 

Thy  paths  *  learn  me. 
n  Shew  *me  the  way''  of  thy  truth,  and  learn  me: 

For  thou  art  the  God  of  my  salvation  : 

In  thee  do  I  hope  all  the  day. 

T   Remember    thy   loving-kindnesses,    O    Lord,    and   thy 
For  *  everlasting  are  they.  [mercies : 

n  The  sins  of  my  youth  and  my  transgressions  remember  not : 
According  to  thy  mercy  remember  Thou  me,'* 
For  the  sake  of  thy  goodness,  O  Lord. 

to  Good  and  upright  is  the  Lord  : 

Therefore  will  he  *  guide  sinners  in  the  way  : 

^    He  will  *  shew  the  way  to  the  meek  in  judgment : 
Yea,  he  will  learn  the  meek  his  way. 

*  This  verse  is  evidently  a  fragment :  so  Dr.  Kennicott  marks  it.  Tlie 
words,  "  O  God,"  plainly  belong  to  the  first  distich  :  as  the  word  in  thee, 
"|3,  begins  the  distich  3. 

^  Heb.  shall  not  triumph  enemies  to  me. 

"  Heb.  guide  me  in  thy  truth  :  but  it  is  thus  paraphrased,  to  shew 
the  connection  of  the  verb  with  a  noun  preceding;  "  thy  ways  :"  the  root 
of  both  being  the  same  in  the  Heb. 

^  Heb.  remember  me  Thou. 


44  TflK    nOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Paht  I. 

D  All  the  paths  of  the  IjORI)  are  mcrey  and  truth, 
To  those  who  kec})  his  covenant  and  his  testimonies. 

V  For  the  sake  of  thy  name,  O  Lord, 
Forgive  mine  iniquity  ;  for  *  manifold  is  it. 

72  "Who  is  that  man  that  learcth  the  Lord? 

He  shall  *  guide  him  in  the  way  that  he  shall  choose. 
3   His  soul  in  goodness  shall  dwell :  ^ 

And  his  seed  shall  inherit  the  land. 
D  The  secret  of  the  Lord  is  with  them  that  fear  him, 

And  his  covenant,  that  he  may  make  them  know  it. 

V  INIinc  eyes  are  *  continually  toward  the  Lord: 
For  it  is  He  ivho  shall  pluck  from  the  net  my  feet. 

S  Turn*  thy  face  to  me,  and  have  mercy  upon  me: 

For  desolate  and  afflicted  am  I. 
2i  The  troubles  of  my  heart  are  enlarged  : 

Out  of  my  distresses  bring  me. 
~i  Look^  upon  mine  afflictions  and  my  pain  : 

And  *  forgive*^  me  all  my  sins. 

Look  upon  mine  enemies :  for  they  are  many  : 

And  with  a  hatred  of  cruelty  they  hate  me. 
ly  O  keep  my  soul,  and  deliver  me  : 

I  shall  not  be  ashamed,  for  *my  refuge  is  in  thee, 
n  Let  perfectness  and  uprightness  preserve  me  : 

For  I  hope  in  thee. 

Redeem  "^j  O  God,  Israel  from  all  his  troubles. 

=  "  shall  lodge"  inarg.  Eng.  Bible,  making  a  transitory  sojourn. 

''  Here  the  letter  p  ought  regularly  to  occur ;  but  of  this  there  is  no 
trace  in  the  Heb.  or  the  Septuagint.  Bishop  Ilorsley,  with  Dr.  Kennicott 
and  Iloubigant,  proposes  to  read,  instead  of  nxi  look  upon,  ~)Vp  cut  short. 
This  is  ingenious,  but  merely  conjectural.  See  Bishop  Horsley's  very  able 
notes  on  this  ))salm,  which  propose  solutions  of  many  apparent  anomalies, 

<=  Heb.  take  me  out  of  .  .  XK^- 

■'  This  last  line  is  redundant ;  it  begins,  as  does  the  redundant  couplet 
in  Ps.  xxxiv.,  with  the  letter  Q.  On  this  Michaclis  has  a  very  ingenious  and 
plausible  conjecture,  that  in  ancient  times  the  double  power  of  the  D  was 
marked  by  a  distinction  in  the  character.  Of  course  the  present  Ma- 
soretical  pointing  would  interfere  with  this  theory,  but  that  is  a  compara- 
tively modern  adtlition.    See  his  notes  to  Bishop  Lowth's  xxii.  Praelection. 


Part  I.]  THE    BOOK    OF    TSALMS.  45 

rSALISI  XXVI. 
Of  David. 

I. 

Judge  me,  O  Lord. 

For  I  ^surely  in  innocence  liavc  walked : 

And  in  the  Lord  I  have  trusted : 

I  shall  not  slide. 

II. 

Examine  me,  ()  Lord,  and  prove  me: 
Try  my  reins  and  n)y  heart : 
For  thy  mercy  is  hetbrc  mine  eyes : 
And  I  have  walked  in  thy  truth. 

III. 

I  have  not  dwelt  with  men ^  of  vanity. 

And  with  dissemblers  I  have  not  gone : 

I  have  hated  the  congregation  of  the  wicked ; 

And  with  the  ungodly  I  have  not  sat. 
I  will  wash  in  innocency  my  hands, 
And  I  will  compass  thine  altar,  O  Lord  : 
That  I  may  shew,  with  the  voice  of  thanksgiving. 
And  that  I  may  tell,  all  thy  wonders. 
O  Lord,  I  have  loved  the  habitation  of  thy  house. 
And  the  place  of  the  dwelling  of  thy  *  glory. 

Take  not  away  with  sinners  my  soul. 
Nor  with  men  of  blood  my  life : 
In  whose  hands  is  mischief. 
And  their  right  liand  is  full  of  gifts. 

IV. 
But  as  for  me,  in  my  *perfectness  I  will  walk  : 
Redeem  me,  and  be  *  gracious  to  me. 
My  foot  standeth  in  uprightness: 
In  the  congreo'ations  I  will  bless  the  Lord. 

"  "  surely"  is  inserted  to  represent  the  emphatic  sense  of  *3{<. 
^  literally,  mortals,  "TID. 


•18  jlli;    ijooK    OF    rsAl..AIS.  [Taut  1. 


PSAI.M    XXVJH. 

Of  David. 

I. 

Unto  thee,  O  LORD,  will  I  cry  : 

0  my  Kock,  be  not  silent  to  nie  : 
Lest  if  thou  heiirest  not  nic/'' 

1  then  become  like  unto  them  that  go  down  to  the  pit. 

Hear  the  voice  of  my  supplication,  when  I  cry  unto  thee: 
AVhen  I  lift  up  my  hands  towai'ds  the  oracle  of  thy  holiness. 
Draw  me  not  away  with  the  ungodly, 
And  with  the  doers  of  iniquity, 
Which  speak  peace  to  their  neighbours. 
But  *evil  is  in  their  hearts. 

Give  to  them  according  to  their  doings. 
And  according  to  the  *evil  of  their  inventions; 
According  to  the  work  of  their  hands  give  to  them  ; 
Render  their  *  reward  to  them. 

For  they  understand  not  the  doings  of  the  Lord, 

Nor  the  work  of  his  hands : 

He  shall  break  them  down,  and  shall  not  build  them. 

II. 

Blessed  be  the  Lord  : 

For  he  hath  heard  the  voice  of  my  supplication. 

The  Lord  is  my  strength  and  my  shield  : 

In  him  trusteth  my  heart,  and  I  am  holpen  :        [him  thanks. 

Therefore  rejoiceth  my  heart,  and  in  my  songs  I  will  give 

•   lleb.  be  .silent  rrniii  me. 


Pakt  l.J  THE    liO(}K    UF    i'SALMS.  49 

The  Lord  is  strength  to  them  :' 

And  the  strength  of  the  salvation'^  of  his  Anointed  is  lie. 

O  save  thy  people,  and  bless  thine  inheritance : 

And  feed  them,  and  lift  them  up  for  ever. 

'  Or,  to  him.  The  English  Psalter  reads  "  my  strength."  The  Scp- 
tuagint  renders  this  Kparuiiufxa  mv  \c(ov  auTi.T;  reading,  with  seven  ofKcu- 
hicott's  copies,  and  oneof  De  Rossi's,  )f2vb  for  1D^,  which  seems  the  better 
reading. 

''  Heb,  salvations. 


50  THE    BOOK    OF    TSALMS,  [Part  I. 


PSALM  XXIX. 

A  Psalm  of  Dtavid. 

I. 

Give  unto  tlie  Lord,  ye  sons  of  the  mighty,* 
Give  unto  the  Lord  glory  and  strength. 
Give  unto  the  Lord  the  glory  of  his  Name  : 
"Worship  the  Lord  in  the  beauty  of  holiness. 

II. 

The  Voice  of  the  Lord  is  upon  the  waters : 

The  God  of  glory  thundereth  : 

The  Lord  is  upon  many  waters.^ 

The  Voice  of  the  Lord  is  with  power : 

The  Voice  of  the  Lord  is  with  majesty. 

The  Voice  of  the  Lord  breaketh  the  cedars. 

Yea,  the°  Lord  breaketh  the  cedars  of  Lebanon. 

Yea,  he  maketh  them  to  skip  like  a  calf: 

Lebanon  and  Sirion  like  a  young "^  unicorn. 

The  Voice  of  the  Lord  divideth  the  flames  of  fire : 

The  Voice  of  the  Lord  shaketh  the  wilderness ; 

The^  Lord  shaketh  the  wilderness  of  Kadesh. 

The  Voice  of  the  Lord  ^maketh  the  hinds  to  bring  forth, 

And  discovereth  the  forests  : 

But^  in  his  temple  doth  every  thing  therein  speak  of  his  glory. 

"  Heb.  of  the  gods.  ^  Heb.  waters  many. 

"  Heb.  and  breaketh  the  Lord.  ^  Heb.  son  of  the  unicorns. 

^  Heb.  shaketh  the  Lord. 

*'  Heb.  maketh  to  bring  forth  the  hinds. 

B  The  idea  is  taken  from  the  margin  of  the  English  Bible.  1^3  does  not 
mean,  literally,  every  one,  but  every  one  of  him,  or  thereof.  It  seems  as 
if  this  line  was  a  climax  :  i.  e.  that  great  as  is  the  glory  of  his  voice,  yet 
a  greater  glory  than  this,  namely,  his  Presence,  is  shewed  in  his  temple. 


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III. 

The  Lord  upon  the  flood  doth  sit : 
Yea,^  the  Lord  doth  sit  a  King  for  ever. 
The  Lord  strength  to  his  people  shall  give  ; 
The  Lord  shall  bless  his  people  in  peace. 

"  Heb.  and  doth  sit  the  Lord. 


*^*  The  characteristic  word,  or  that  of  frequent  occurrence  in  this 
Psalm,  is  "  Voice ; "  7)p. 


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52  THE   BOOK    OF    PSAL,iU>>.  [Part  I. 


PSALM  XXX. 

A  Psalm  of  a  Song  at  the  dedication  of  the  house  of  David. 

I. 

I  will  *  exalt  thee,  O  Lord,  for  thou  hast  lifted  me  up. 
And  hast  not  made  glad  those  that  were  enemies  to  me. 
O  Lord  my  God,  I  cried  unto  thee. 
And  thou  hast  healed  me. 

O  Lord,  thou  hast  brought  up  from  hell  my  soul. 
Thou  hast  kept  me  alive  from  them  that  go  down  into 
Make*  a  psalm  to  the  Lord,  O  ye  saints  of  his,         [the  pit. 
And  give  thanks  for  a  remembrance  of  his  holiness. 

II. 

For  there  is  hut  a  moment  in  his  anger : 
Life  is  in  his  favour  : 
Through  the  night  ^endureth  weeping. 
But  in  the  morning  there  is  singing. 

And  as  for  me,  I  said  in  my  prosperity, 

I  shall  not  be  moved  for  ever ;     [stand  in  strength. 

O  Lord,  by  thy  favour  thou  hast  made  my  hill  to 

Thou  didst  hide  thy  face  : 

Then  "^  was  I  troubled  : 

III. 
To  thee,  O  Lord,  I  cried : 
And  to  the  Lord  I  made  supplication :  saying. 

What  profit  is  there  in  my  blood. 

When  I  go  down  to  the  pit  ? 

Shall''  the  dust  give  thanks  to  thee  ? 


Ileb.  sojournetli,  \'h'<.  "  I  Avas,  *n^\"I,  enipliatic. 

Heb.  shall  give  thanks  to  thee  the  dust  ? 


Part  I.]  THE    BOOK   OP   PSALMS.  53 

Shall  it  declare  thy  truth  ? 

Hear,  O  Lord,  be  gracious  unto  me : 

Lord,  be  thou  a  help  to  me. 

IV. 

Thou  hast  turned  my  mourning  into  *  music. 

Thou  hast  put  off  my  sackcloth  : 

Thou  hast  girded  me  with  gladness.  [silent. 

Therefore*  my  glory  will*  make  a  psalm  to  thee,  and  not  be 

O  Lord  my  God,  for  ever  will  I  give  thanks  to  thee. 

^  Heb.  will  make  a  psalm  to  thee  glory.  My  glory  means  "  my  spirit." 
The  authors  of  the  Prayer-book  translation  read  doubtless  iiaj  for  T133, 
"  every  good  man." 


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54  THE   BOOK    OF   I'SALMS.  [Part  L 


PSALM  XXXI. 

To  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm  of  David. 

I. 

In  thee,  O  Lord,  I  have  *  taken  refuge  : 

I  shall  not  be  ashamed  for  ever : 

In  thy  righteousness  *  rescue  me. 

Bow  down  to  me  thine  ear. 

Make  haste  to  deliver  me  : 

Be  thou  to  me  a  Rock  of  strength, 

A  house  of  defence  %  to  save  me. 

For  a  *  stony  rock  and  *  defence  art  thou. 

Therefore^  for  the  sake  of  thy  Name  lead  me  and  guide  me. 

Draw  me  out  of  the  net  which  they  have  privily  laid  for  me. 

For  thou  art  my  strength. 

Into  thy  hand  I  commend  my  spirit  : 

Thou  hast  redeemed  me,*^  O  Lord  God  of  truth. 

I  have  hated  them  that  hold  vanities  of  falsehood  ; 

But  as  for  me.  In  the  Lord  I  trust. 

I  will  *  rejoice,  and  *be  glad  in  thy  mercy  : 

For  ^thou  hast  *seen  mine  *  affliction  : 

Thou  hast  known  *  in  troubles  my  soul. 

And  thou  hast  not  shut  me  up  in  the  hand  of  the  enemy  ; 

Thou  hast  set  in  a  large  room  my  feet. 

Be  gracious  unto  me,  O  Lord,  for  trouble  is  upon  me  : 

Mine  ^eye  is  consumed  with  grief. 

My  soul  and  my  body. 

For  ^my  life  is  spent  through  heaviness. 

And  my  years  through  deep  sighing. 

"  Heb.  fortress.  ^'  Heb.  and. 

"  '•niK,  emphatic.  ''  Heb.  who  hast  seen. 

"  Heb.  is  consumed  with  grief  mine  eye. 

'  Heb.  for  is  spent  through  heaviness  my  life. 


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ISIy  ''strength  faileth  through  mine  iniquity, 

And  my  bones  are  consumed. 

Among  all  mine  enemies  I  am  become  a  reproach, 

But  to  my  neighbours  specially  : 

And  a  fear  to  those  who  know  me  : 

They  who  saw  me  without  fled  from  me. 

I  am  forgotten  as  a  dead  man  '^out  of  mind : 

I  am  become  like  a  vessel  that  is  broken. 

For  I  have  heard  the  slander  of  many  : 

Dread*  was  on  every  side  : 

While  they  took  counsel  together  against  me  : 

To  take  my  *soul  they  devised. 

11. 
But  as  for  me,  in  thee  have  I  trusted,  O  Lord  : 
I  have  said,  my  God  art  thou. 

In  thy  hand  is  my  time  :  [secutors. 

Deliver  me  out  of  the  hand  of  mine  enemies  and  of  my  per- 
Make  '^thy  face  to  sliine  upon  thy  servant  : 
And  save  me  in  thy  mercy  :  [thee  : 

O  LOED,  I  shall  not  be  ashamed :   for  I  have  called  upon 
The  ungodly  shall  be  ashamed  and  silent  in  *  hell : 
They  shall  be  dumb,  the  lips  of  lying,  [contempt. 

AVhich  speak  against  the  righteous  grievously  in  pride  and 

O  how  *  manifold  is  thy  goodness  which  thou  hast  laid  up  for 

them  that  fear  thee  : 
AVhich  thou  hast  wrought  for  them  that  *  take  refuge  in  thee. 
Before  the  sons  of  men  !  [from  the  provoking  of  man. 

Thou  shalt  hide  them  in  the  *  hidden  place  of  thy  presence 
Thou   shalt  *lay  them  up  in  a  pavilion  from  the  strife   of 

tongues. 

III. 
Blessed  be  the  Lord  :  [strength. 

For  he  hath  marvellously  shewed  mercy  to  me  in  a  city  of 


*  Heb.  faileth  thi'ough  mine  iniquity  my  strength. 
"  Heb.  from  the  heart.  '   Hob.  make  to  shine  thy  face. 

E   4 


56  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  I. 

But  as  for  me,  I  said  in  my  haste, 

I  am  cut  off  from  before  thine  eyes.  [cried  unto  thee. 

Nevertheless  thou  heardedst  the  voice  of  my  prayer,  when  I 

O  love  the  LoED,  all  ye  saints  of  his  : 

The^  faithful  the  Lord  preserveth : 

And  rewardeth  plenteously  the  proud  doer.*^ 

Be  of  good  courage,  and  he  will  strengthen  your  heart. 

All  ye  that  *  wait  for  the  Lord. 

"  Heb.  the  faithful  preserveth  the  Lord 
^  Heb.  doer  of  pride. 


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PSALM  XXXII. 

Of  David.     A  Maschil. 


Happy  *  is  he,  whose  *"  transgression  is  forgiven ; 

Whose  sin  is  covered. 

Happy  *  the  man,  to  whom  the  Lord  will  not  impute  iniquity, 

And^  in  whose  spirit  there  is  no  guile. 

When  I  kept  silence,  my  bones  were  consumed'' 

Through  iny  roaring  all  the  day. 

For  by  day  and  night  thy'^  hand  was  heavy  upon  me; 

My®  moisture  was  turned  into  the  drought  of  summer. 

SELAH. 

II. 

My  sin  I  will  acknowledge  to  thee: 

And  mine  iniquity  I  have  not  covered: 

I  said,  I  will  confess  my  transgression  to  the  Lord: 

And  thou  thyself  didst  forgive  the  iniquity  of  my  sin. 

SELAH. 

III. 
For  this^  shall  prayer  be  made  by  every  godly  man  in  the  time 

of  finding  thee :  [not  come  nigh. 

Surely,  in  the  *  overflowing  of  many  *  waters,  to  him  they  shall 
Thou  art  a  hiding-place   to   me:    from   trouble   thou    shalt 

preserve  me: 
With  songs  of  deliverance  thou  shalt  compass  me. 

SELAH. 

"  Heb.  is  forgiven  transgression,  is  covered  his  sin. 

^  Heb.  and  there  is  not  in  his  spirit  guile. 

*=  Heb.  were  consumed  my  bones. 

'^  Heb.  was  heavy  upon  me  thy  hand. 

*  Heb.  was  turned  my  moisture. 

'  Heb.  shall  make  his  prayer  every  godly  man. 


58  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Paht  I. 

IV. 

I"  will  inform  thee,  and  teach  thee  in  the  way  which  thou 

sluilt  go: 
I  will  counsel  thee :  upon  thee  shall  be  mine  eye. 
Be  ye  not  like  horse,  like  mule,  without  understanding: 
With  bit  and  bridle  their  mouths  must  be  held,  lest  they  come 

near  to  thee. 

Many  plagues  shall  be  on  the  ungodly: 

But  he  that  trusteth  in  the  Lord  mercy  shall  compass  hini. 

Be  glad  in  the  Lord,  ye  righteous: 

And  *sing  for  joy,  all  that  are  upright  in  heart. 

"  "ITStJ'N-     Has  this  word  any  connection  with  ?'i3ti'D,  the  title  of  the 
Psalm? 


PARTI.]  THE    BOOK    OF    TSALMS.  59 


PSALM  XXXIII. 


Rejoice,''  ye  righteous,  in  the  Lord: 
For  to  the  upright*  pleasant  is  praise. 

Give  *  thanks  unto  the  Lord  with  harp. 
With  a  kite  often  strings  *make  apsahn  to  hhn. 
Sing  to  him  a  song  that  Is  new: 
Skilfully  *play^  with  a  loud  noise. 

For  right  is  the  word  of  the  Lord  : 

And  all  his  works  are  done  in  truth. 

He  loveth  righteousness  and  judgment: 

Of  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  the*^  earth  Is  full. 

By  the  word  of  the  Lord  the  heavens  were  made : 

And  by  the  breath  of  his  mouth  all  the  hosts  of  them : 

He  gathereth,  as  an  heap,  the  waters  of  the  sea: 

He  layeth  up  in  treasure-houses  the  depths. 

Fear  the  Lord,  all  the  earth : 

Of  him  stand  in  awe,  all  the  dwellers  of  the  world: 

For  He  spake,  and  it  was: 

He  commanded,  and  It  stood. 

II. 
The  Lord*  scattereth  the  counsel  of  the  heathen  : 

He  *  breaketh  the  devices  of  the  nations : 
The  counsel  of  the  Lord  for  ever  standeth : 

The  *  devices  of  his  heart  to  generations  of  generations.*^ 

"  Heb.  sing  for  joy. 

**   }33,  to  play  on  a  stringed  instrument. 

■=  Heb.  is  full  the  earth. 

''  Heb.  to  o-encration  and  generation. 


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Happy*  is  the  people*  to  whom  the  Lord  Is  their  God: 
The*  nation  whom  he  hath  chosen  for  an  inheritance 

to  himself. 
From  heaven  the  Lord  looked  down  ;  ^ 
He  beheld  all  the  sons  of  men:  [of  the  world: 

From  the  place  of  his  rest  he  considered  all  the  dwellers 
He  fashioned  alike  their  hearts:*^ 
He  understandeth  all  their  works. 
No  King  is  saved  by  the  multitude  of  an  host: 

A  mighty  man  is  not  delivered  by  greatness  of  strength : 
A  vain  thing  is  a  horse  to  save: 

And  in  the  greatness  of  his  strength  he  shall  not*  rescue. 

III. 
Behold  the  eye  of  the  Lord  is  upon  them  that  fear  him, 
Upon  them  that*  wait  for  his  mercy: 
To  deliver  from  death  their  soul, 
And  to  keep  them  alive  in  dearth. 
Our  soul  tarrieth  for  the  Lord: 
Our  help  and  our  shield  is  He: 
For  in  him  shall  be*^  the  gladness  of  our  heart: 
For  in  the  Name  of  his  holiness  we  trust. 
Let®  thy  mercy,  O  Lord,  be  upon  us, 
As  we  do*  wait  for  thee. 

*  The  same  word  as  is  translated  "heathen"  before. 

^  Hob.  looked  down  the  Lord.  '^  Heb.  their  heart. 

''  lleb.  shall  be  glad  our  heart. 

«  Ucb.  lot  be  thy  mercy,  O  Lord,  upon  us. 


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PSALM  XXXIV. 

Of  David :  when  he  changed  his  behaviour  before  Abimelecli : 
and  he  drove  him  away,  and  he  departed. 

1. 
K  I  will  bless  the  Lord  at  all  times : 

Continually  his  praise  shall  be  in  my  mouth. 
S  In  the  Lord  shall  my  soul  *make  her  praise"^: 

The*  meek  shall  hear  thereof,  and  be  glad. 
:i   O  magnify  the  Lord  with  me  : 

And  let  us  exalt  his  Name  together. 
1  I  sought  the  Lord,  and  he  heard  me : 

And  from  all  my  fears  he  delivered  me. 
n  They  looked  unto  him,  and  were  enlightened  : 

And  their  faces  were  not  *cast  down. 
y    This  poor  man  crieth,  and  the  Lord  heareth  : 

And  from  all  his  troubles  he  saveth  him. 
n  The  Angel  ^  of  the  Lord  encampcth 

Round  about  them  that  fear  him,  and  deliA'ereth  them. 
la  O  taste,  and  see  how  good  the  Lord  is  : 

Happy*  the  man*  that  takcth  refuge  in  him. 
"•    O  fear  the  Lord,  ye  saints  of  his  : 

For  there  is  no  want  to  them  that  fear  him. 
3  The  lions  do  lack  and  hunger, 

But  they  that  seek  the  Lord  shall  not  want  all  good.*' 

II. 
V   Come,  ye  children,  hearken  to  me  : 
The  fear  of  the  Lord  I  will  learn  you. 

"  Heb.  shall  make  her  praise  my  soul. 
''  Heb.  encampeth  the  angel  of  the  Lord. 

'^  Here  in  the  Septiiagint   a  Diapsalma  occurs,  exactly  in  the  place 
where  it  would  be  appropriate. 


62  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Paut  I. 

7:5  Wlw  is  the  man  that  desireth  long  life," 
Loving  7na7i^  days,  that  he  may  sec  good?'' 

]    Keep  thy  tongue  from  evil, 

And  thy  lips  from  speaking  guile : 

D  Depart  from  evil,  and  do  good  : 
Search*  for  peace,  and  pursue  it. 

III. 

^  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  toward  the  righteous : 

And  his  ears  are  toward  their  cry. 
B  The  face  of  the  Lord  is  against  the  doex's  of  evil. 

To  cut  off  from  the  earth  their  remembrance. 
^  They  *call  aloud,  and  the  Lord  heareth: 

And  from  all  their  troubles  he  delivereth  them. 
p  Nigh  is  the  Lord  to  the  broken  in  heart; 

And  the  contrite  in  spirit  he  will  save. 
"I  Many  are  the  afflictions  of  the  righteous ; 

But  from  them  all  the  Lord  will  deliver  him.*' 
tt/  He  keepeth  all  his  bones : 

One  of  them  is  not  broken, 
n  Evil  shall  slay  the  ungodly :  '^ 

And  the  haters  of  the  righteous  shall  be  guilty : 

The"  Lord  redeemeth  the  soul  of  his  servants, 

And  they  shall  not  be  guilty,  all  that  take  refuge  in  him. 

'*  Hel).  lives. 

''  Or,  "  loving  mani/  days  to  see  good." 
"^  Heb.  will  deliver  him  the  Lord. 
''  Heb.  shall  slay  the  ungodly  evil. 
*  Heb.  redeemeth  the  Lord. 


The  characteristic  word  of  this  Psalm  is  ninv  the  Lord. 


Taut  I.]  THE    BOOK    OF    rSALlMS.  G3 


PSALM  XXXV. 

Of  David. 

I. 

Strive  *  thou,  O  Lord,  with  tlicm  that  strive  with  nic ; 

Fight  thou  against  those  that  fight  against  me. 

Lay  hand  upon  the  shield  and  buckler. 

And  *  arise  for  mine  help. 

And  draw  out  the  spear, 

And  stop  the  way  against  ray  persecutors  : 

Say  to  my  soul,  Thy  salvation  am  I. 

Let  them  be  *  ashamed  and  *  confounded,  that  seek  after  my 

soul : 
Let  them  be  turned  back,  and  put  down,^  that  imagine  my  hurt.'' 
Let  them  be  as  the  dust  before  the  wind : 

And  let  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  chase  them  : 
Let  their  way  be  dark  and  slippery  : 

And  let  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  persecute  them  : 
For  without  a  cause  have  they  hid  for  me  in  a  pit  their  net : 
Without  a  cause  have  they  digged  °  for  my  soul. 
Let  there  come  upon  liim  destruction  whereof  he  knoweth  not. 
And  let  the  pit  which  he  hid,  catch  himself; 
Into^  that  very  destruction  let  him  fall. 

II. 
And  my  soul  shall  be  joyful  in  the  Lord  : 
It  shall  rejoice  in  his  salvation. 
All  my  bones  shall  say. 
Lord,  who  is  like  unto  thee. 

Who  deliverest  the  poor  from  him  that  is  too  strong  for  him, 
Yea,  the  poor  and  needy  from  him  that  spoileth  him. 

'',  '^  "lisn* ,  same  word  in  both  places. 

"'  Ileb.  my  evil.  ''  Ileb.  into  destruction  let  him  fall  into  it. 


64  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  I. 

III. 

There  arose  witnesses  of  violence : 
AVho  of  things  that  I  knew  not  asked  me  : 
They  rewarded  me  evil  for  good, 
To  the  despoiling  of  my  soul. 

But  as  for  me,  when  they  were  sick,  I  put  on  sackloth, 

I  afflicted  with  fasting  my  soul ; 

And  my  prayer  into  my  own  bosom  shall  return. 

As  though  it  had  been  a  friend,  as  a  brother  I  behaved ; " 

As  one  mourning  for  a  mother,  in  heaviness  I  bowed  down. 

But  when   I  went  halting,  they  were  *glad,  and  gathered 

themselves  together. 
They  were  gathered  against  me,  the  abjects,  and  I  knew  it  not : 
They  did  tear  me,  and  ceased  not. 
With^  the  hypocritical  mockers  at  feasts. 
They  gnashed  upon  me  their  teeth. 

IV. 

0  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  look  upon  this  ? 
Turn*  aside  my  soul  from  their  destructions, 
From*^  the  lions  mine  only  one. 

1  will  give  thanks  to  tlice  in  the  great  congregation  -."^ 
Among ^  much  people  I  will  praise  thee. 

Let  not  them  be  glad  over  me  who  are  mine  enemies  falsely, 

And  let  not  those  who  hate  me  without  a  cause  wink  their  eye. 

For  not  of  peace  do  they  speak  : 

But  against  the  quiet  of  the  land  speeches  of  deceit  they  devise. 

Yea,  they  opened  wide  against  me  their  mouth  : 

They  said.  Aha,  aha,  our*^  eye  hath  seen  it. 

'  Heb.  I  walked. 

''  with  the  profligate  mockers  of  bread. 

"  A  strong  resembhince  is  observable  between  this  Psahn  and  the  22d, 
in  this  and  the  following  distich. 

<■  Ileb.  congregation  great.  "  Heb.  people  strong. 

'  Ileb.  hath  seen  it  our  eye. 


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Tliou  hast  seen,  O  Lord  : 

Keep  not  silence  ;  O  Lord,  be  not  fiu-  from  me. 

Stir  up  thyself,  and  awake  to  my  judgment. 

My  God,  and  my  Lord,  to  my  cause.'* 

Judge  me  according  to  thy  righteousness,  O  Lord  my  God ; 

And  let  them  not  be  *glad  over  me. 

Let  them  not  say  in  their  heart.  Aha !  our  soul ! 
Let  them  not  say.  We  have  devoured  him.        [at  my  hurt** : 
Let  them  be  ashamed  and  *put  down  together  that  *are  glad 
Let  them  be  clothed  with  shame  and*  confusion  that  magnify 
themselves  against  me. 

Let  them  *sing  for  joy,  and  be  glad,  that  favour  my  right- 
eousness. 
And  let  them  say  continually,  Lef'  the  Lord  be  magnified. 
Who  hath  pleasure  in  the  *  peace  of  his  servant. 
And  my  tongue  shall  speak  of  thy  righteousness  ; 
All  the  day  of  thy  praise. 

*  Heb.  my  striving.  ''  Or,  mine  evil. 

"=  be  magnified  the  Lord. 


1)6  THE    BOOK   OF    rSALMS.  [I^aut  I. 


PSALM  XXXVI. 

To  tlio  Clilef  Musician.     Of  the  servant  of  the  Lord,  even 

of  David. 

I. 

The  transgression  *  of  the  wicked  saith  within  my  heart, 

There  is  no  fear  of  God  before  his  eyes. 

For  he  flattereth  himself  in  his  own  eyes. 

Until  ^  his  iniquity  be  found  to  be  hateful. 

The  words  of  his  mouth  are  iniquity  and  deceit : 

He  hath  left  off  to  be  wise,  to  do  good. 

Iniquity  he  hath  devised  upon  his  bed ; 

He  hath  set  himself  in  a  way  that  is  not  good  : 

Evil  he  doth  not  abhor. 

II. 

O  Lord,  in  the  heavens  is  thy  mercy : 

Thy  truth  reachetli  unto  the  clouds. 

Thy  righteousness  is  like  the  mountains  of  God : 

Thy  judgments  are  the  great  deep.*' 

Man  and  beast  thou  shalt  save,  O  Lord  : 

How  precious  is  thy  mercy,  O  God :  [have  refuge. 

And  the  children  of  men  under  the  shadow  of  thy  wings  shall 

III. 
They  shall  *be  refreshed*^  with  the  plenteousness  of  thy  house: 
And  of  the  river  of  thy  pleasures  thou  shalt  make  them  drink. 

*  Heb.  saith  the  transgression :  that  is,  causes  this  reflection  that 
follows  :  but  if  we  read,  with  the  LXX,  the  Syriac,  one  of  Kennicott's, 
and  two  of  De  Rossi's  copies,  "his"  for  "my"  heart  (as  Dathe  recom- 
mends), the  sense  will  be  more  consistent.  "  Transgression  saith  to  the 
ungodly  ytJ'")?,  within  his  heart;  i.e.  makes  suggestions  to  his  heart." 

•*  Or,  that  he  may  find  out  (i.  e.  systematize)  his  inicjuity,  and  may 
hate. 

•^  Heb.  deep  great. 

''  Heb.  be  watered  :  marg.  Eng.  Bible,  pn*. 


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For  witli  thee  is  the  well  of  life, 

And  in  thy  light  shall  we  see  light. 

O  continue'^  thy  *  mercy  to  them  that  know  thee. 

And  thy  righteousness  to  the  upright  of  heart. 

Let  ^  not  the  foot  of  pride  come  against  me, 

And  the  hand  of  the  ungodly,  let  it  not  remove  me. 

There  are  they  fallen,  the  workers  of  iniquity  ; 

They  are  cast  down,  and  shall  not  be  able  to  rise. 

"  draw  out :  marg.  Eng.  Bible. 

*•  let  not  come  against  me  the  foot,  &c. 


F    2 


68  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  1. 


PSALM  XXXVII. 

Of  David. 

1.  K. 

Fret  not  thyself  because  of  the  wicked  : 
Be*  not  envious  against  the  doers  of  iniquity : 
For  as  the  grass  they  shall  soon  be  cut  down : 
And  as  the  green  herb  they  shall  wither. 

2.  a. 
Trust  in  the  Lord,  and  do  good : 
Dwell  in  the  land,  and  ^  be  fed  in  truth : 
And  delight  thyself  in  the  Lord, 

And  he  shall  give  thee  the  desires  of  thine  heart. 

3.  i. 
Commit  unto  the  Lord  thy  way : 

And  trust  in  him :   and  He  himself  shall  do  it : 

And  he  shall  bring  forth,  as  the  light,  thy  righteousness, 

And  thy*  justice  as  the  noon  day. 

4.  1. 

Hold  thou  still  in  the  Lord,  and  wait  for  him : 
Fret  not  thyself  at  him  who  prospereth  in  his  way : 
At  the  man  who  doeth  after  evil  counsels. 


"  Both  our  versions,  the  Septuagint,  and  20  of  Kennicott's  copies, 
read  "  And  be  not : "  but  as  the  authorities  for  and  against  it  seem 
equally  balanced,  and  as  the  internal  evidence  of  the  structure  of  the 
Psalm  is  against  it  (vide  stanzas  2,  4,  5.),  I  have  followed  the  received 
Heb.  text. 

''  So  both  our  translations  read  :  the  Hebrew  nj?") ,  he  shall  feed.  The 
Septuagint,  Troiftai'dfinrj. 


Part  f.]  THE    BOOK    (3F    PSALMS.  69 

5.  n. 
Leave  off  from  anger,  and  forsake  wrath: 
Fret  not  thyself"^  in  any  wise  to  do  evil: 

For  the  wicked  shall  be  cut  off:  [the  earth. 

But  those  Avho  *hope  in  the  Lord,  even  they  shall  inherit 

6.  1. 

For  yet  a  little  while,  and  the  ungodly  shall  not  be'': 
And  thou  shalt  consider  well  his  place,  and  it  shall  not  be  : 
But  the  meek  shall  inherit  the  earth, 
And  shall  delight  themselves  in  the  multitude  of  peace. 

7.  T. 

The*^  ungodly  *deviseth  evil  against  the  just. 
And  gnasheth  upon  him  with  his  teeth. 
The  Lord  shall  lavigh  at  him : 
For  he  seeth  that  his  day  is  coming."^ 

8.  n. 
The  ''ungodly  have  drawn  the  sword. 

And  have  bent  their  bow, 

To  cast  down  the  poor  and  needy. 

To  slay  the  upright  of  way. 
Their  sword  shall  go  through  their  own  heart. 
And  their  bow  shall  be  broken. 

9.  J3. 
Better  is  a  little  to  the  righteous, 

Than  riches  of  many  of  the  ungodly  *^: 
For  the  arms  of  the  ungodly  shall  be  broken, 
But  s  the  Lord  upholdeth  the  righteous. 

'  P)S,  surely.  ''  Heb.  shall  not  be  the  ungodly. 

"  Heb.  deviseth  evil  the  ungodly. 

•*  Heb.  is  coming  his  day. 

*  Heb.  the  sword  have  drawn  the  ungodly. 

'  Heb.  of  the  ungodly  many. 

«  Heb.  but  upholdeth  the  righteous  the  Lord. 

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10.  \ 

The  Lord  knoweth  the  days  of  the  *  perfect, 
And  their  inheritance  for  ever  shall  be : 
They  shall  not  be  ashamed  in  the  time  of  evil. 
And  in  the  days  of  dearth  they  shall  be  satisfied. 

11.  3. 
For  the  ungodly  shall  be  destroyed  : 

And  the  enemies  of  the  Lord  as  the  fat  of  lambs  shall  consume, 
Into  smoke  shall  they  consume. 

12      V. 
The  *  ungodly  borroweth,  and  doth  not  repay : 
But  the  righteous  is  merciful,  and  giveth. 
For  the  blessed  of  him  shall  inherit  the  earth, 
And  the  cursed  of  him  shall  be  cut  off. 

13.  72. 

By  the  Lord  the  steps  of  a  ^  good  man  are  ordered. 
And  in  his  way  he  *  taketh  pleasure : 
If  he  fall,  he  shall  not  be  cast  down : 
For  the  Lord  upholdeth  with  his  hand. 

14.  3. 
Young  I  have  been :  now  am  I  old  : 

Yet  I  have  not  seen  the  righteous  forsaken. 
Nor  his  seed  begging  for  bread. 
All  his  days  he  sheweth  mercy  and  lendeth : 
And  his  seed  is  blessed.'' 

15.  D. 
Depart  from  evil,  and  do  good : 
And  dwell  for  evermore. 

For  the  Lord  loVeth  *justice. 
And  forsaketh  not  his  saints. 

"  Heb.  borrowetli  the  ungodly. 

*  "laa,  a  man,  or  a  strong  man  :  this  word  always  signifies  some  excel- 
lence of  mind  or  body,  among  the  more  ancient  Hebrew  writers. 
"  Heb.  for  a  blessing. 


Part  I.]  THK    BOOK    OF    PSAl.MS.  71 

16.    [r.] 

For*  ever  they  are  preserved : 
But  the  seed  of  the  ungodly  shall  be  cut  off. 
The  righteous  shall  inherit  the  earth, 
And  shall  dwell  for  ever  in  it. 

17.  2. 

The  mouth  of  the  righteous^  will  speak  of  wisdom, 
And  his  tongue  will  talk  of  judgment: 
The  law  of  his  God  is  in  his  heart : 
And*'  his  goings  shall  not  be  *  moved. 

18.  :f. 

The*^  ungodly  is  watching  for  the  righteous, 
And  seeking  to  slay  him : 
The  Lord  will  not  leave  him  in  his  hand. 
Nor  condemn  him  when  he  is  judged. 

19.  p. 
Hope  in  the  Lord,  and  keep  his  way, 
And  he  will  exalt  thee  to  inherit  the  earth : 
When^  the  ungodly  are  cut  off,  thou  shalt  see  it. 

"  This  stanza  does  not  begin  with  the  letter  y  in  the  Heb.  Rut  Dr. 
Kennicott  places  the  ?  in  D?1J?^  in  brackets ;  intimating  that  the  word 
should  be  Q?iy,  which  is  probable.  If  so,  however,  the  ^  was  inserted 
before  the  LXX  was  translated;  since  the  reading  there  is  ei'c  rbv  alwva. 
But  it  is  to  be  remarked,  that  the  English  Psalter,  after  the  words  "  for 
ever  they  are  preserved,"  reads  "  the  unrighteous  shall  be  punished,"  fol- 
lowing the  LXX  reading,  dvo^iot  H  iK^iKriOliGovrai  (the  line  "  and  the  seed 
of  the  ungodly  &c.,"  following).  Rosenmiiller  and  Dathe  agree  with 
Cappellus  and  Houligant  in  conjecturing  that  the  words  nOt^  Dv^lJ?  have 
fallen  out  of  the  Heb.,text,  and  that  these  formed  the  first  line  of  the  stanza  : 
a  conjecture  confirmed  by  Symmachus's  reading:  oi  St  afofioi  tiapdi]<jovTai. 
The  Vulgate  reads  "  injusti  punientur."  The  reading  however  is  obelized 
by  Origen :  and  indeed  from  its  great  resemblance  to  the  second  line  of 
this  stanza,  one  or  other  would  seem  to  be  redundant.  The  parallelism 
is  more  perfect  according  to  the  Heb.  text.  I  hold  to  Dr.  Kennirott's 
view. 

''  Or,  meditate  :   njlT'  /.itXtrijrrn  LXX. 

'   Heb.  shall  not  be  moved  his  goings. 

''   Heb.  is  watching  the  ungodly. 

•  Heb.  at  the  cutting  oft"  of  the  ungo<lly. 

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72  THE    HOOK    Ol'    rsALMS,  [Part  I. 

20.  -I. 

I  have  seen  the  ungodly  in  great  i)o\ver% 

And  spreading  hunsclf  like  a  tice  that  is  green : 

Then  ^  I  went  by,  and  behold,  he  was  not. 

And  T  sought  for  him,  and  he  was  not  to  be  found. 

21.  V/. 

Keep  perfectness,  and  behold  uprightness : 
For  the  end  thereof  to  a  man  is  peace. 
But  the  trangi'essors  shall  be  destroyed  together  : 
The  end  of  the  wicked  is,  that  they  are  cut  off. 

22.  n. 

[But]  °  the  salvation  of  the  righteous  is  from  the  Lord  : 

Their  strength  in  the  time  of  trouble. 

And  "^  the  Lord  shall  help  them,  and  *  rescue  them, 

He  shall  rescue  them  from  the  ungodly, 

And  shall  save  them,  because  they  seek  *  refuge  in  him.'' 

"  Heb.  terrible,  |»-|y. 

•"  So  the  English  Psalter  and  the  LXX.  read,  and  so  the  context  re- 
quires. (Compare  Psalm  cxix.  8.)  But  the  English  Bible,  and  all  ex- 
isting Heb.  MSS.  read  "  he  passed  away,"  nayv 

"^  The  1  of  this  stanza  is  obviously  redundant:  and  though  found  in  the 
LXX,  is  wanting  in  three  of  Kennicott's  co^jies,  and  one  of  De  Rossi's. 

''  Ileb.  and  shall  help  them  the  Lord. 

*"  It  is  to  be  observed,  that  this  Psalm,  like  the  23d  and  34th  (which 
are  also  alphabetical),  has  a  redundant  line,  expressing  future  salvation  and 
redemption.  This  uniformity  of  design  vindicates  the  last  line  of  Ps.  xxv. 
from  being  an  insertion  of  later  times. 


Part  I.]  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  73 


PSALM  XXXVIII. 

A  Psahu  ol"  David :   to  briny;  to  renienibiunce. 


0  Lord,  in"  thine  anger  rebuke  me  not: 
Neither  in  thy  hot  displeasure  chasten  me. 
For  thine  arrows  press  sore  on  me. 

Yea,  thou  dost  press  sore  on  me  thine  hand.'' 

No  health  is  there  in  my  flesh,  by  reason  of  thy  wrath : 

No  peace  in  my  bones,  by  reason  of  my  sin. 

For  mine  iniquities  are  gone  over  my  head : 

Like  a  burthen  that  is  heavy  are  they  heavy  unto  me. 

My*^  wounds  stink,  they  are  corrupt. 

By  reason  of  my  foolishness. 

1  ^  am  *  distorted,  I  am  bowed  down  greatly : 
All  the  day  long  mourning  do  I  go. 

For  my  loins  are  filled  w^ith  a  sore  disease : 

And  there  is  no  *  health  in  my  flesh  : 

I  am  enfeebled,  and  broken  *  greatly : 

I  have  roared,  from  the  disquietness  of  my  heart. 

II. 
Lord,  before  thee  are  all  my  desires; 
And  my  groaning  from  thee  is  not  hidden. 
My  heart  panteth,  my  strength  *  hath  forsaken  me  :  ^ 
And  the  light  of  mine  eyes,  even  that  is  not  with  me. 
My  lovers  and  my  friends  ^  looking  on  my  *  plague  *  do  stand, 
Yea,  )uy  kinsmen  afar  off*  do  stand. 

"  Heb.  not  in  thy  foaming  wrath,  "[SVp^i  rebuke  lue. 
*■  So  the  LXX,  tnKjrt'if)t(r(tr.  '    Heb.  stink  uiy  wounds, 

(i  "  "VVried"  is  the  marginal  rendering  in  the  English  Bible:  but  this, 
being  an  obseure  word,  an  equivalent  is  here  given. 
^   Hath  forsaken  me  ni}-  strength. 

'  Confer  St.  Luke,  x.  31,  32.,  as  confirming  this  rendering  of  nJ3D. 
«  This  is  a  literal  rendering  of  ^yj3,  "  mv  stroke:"  j>loga. 


74  THE    BOOK    OF    rSAL.M>.  [Fart  I. 

And  they  lay  snares,  who  seek  after  my  soul :  [things, 

And  they  that  *  endeavour^  to  do  me  evil,  speak  mischievous 
And  deceit  all  the  day  they  imagine. 

But  as  for  me,  us  one  that  is  deaf,  I  heard  not ; 

And  as  one  that  is  dumb,  I  opened  not  my  mouth : 
And  I  became  as  one  who  heareth  not : 

And^  in  whose  mouth  are  no  reproofs. 

For  on  thee,  O  Loud,  do  I  wait : 

Thou  thyself  shall  answer,  O  LoEi)  my  God. 

For  I  said,  lest  they  should  be  glad  *  over  me  :  [selves. 

At  the  slipping  of  my  foot,  against  me  they  magnified  them- 

III. 

For*^  as  for  me,  I  am  ready  to  halt : 
And  ^  my  s(^rrow  is  before  me  continually. 
For  mine  iniquity  I  declare  : 
I  am  *  troubled  for  my  sin. 

But  mine  enemies  are  living ;  they  are  strong : 

And  many  are  they  that  hate  me  falsely. 

And  they  that  render  evil  for  good  are  mine  adversaries : 

Because  I  follow  the  thimj  that  is  good. 

Forsake  me  not,  O  Lord  : 

O  my  God,  be  not  far  from  me : 

Haste  to  my  help,  O  Loku,  my  salvation. 

■  Heb.  seek. 

•*  lieb.  and  there  are  not  in  his  mouth  reproofs. 

'^  Heb.  for  I  (emphatic)  to  halt  am  ready. 

*  Ileb.  my  sore,  *a"lJOD. 


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PSALM  XXXIX. 
To  the  Chief  Musician  :  to  Jeduthun.     A  Psahn  ul'  David. 

I. 
I  said,  I  will*  take  heed  to  my  ways, 
That'^  I  sin  not  in  my  tongue. 
I  will  keep  my  mouth  with  a  bridle, 
Wliile  the  ungodly  is  before  me. 

I  was  dumb  with  silence  : 

I  held  my  peace,  even  from  good  : 

And  my  pain  was  stirred.'^ 

My  "^  heart  was  hot  within  me : 
While  I  was  musing,  the  fire  kindled  ; 
1  spake  Avith  my  tongue. 

Make  me  to  know,  O  Lord,  mine  end. 
And  the  measure  of  my  days,  what  it  is, 
That  I  may  know  how  *  short  lived  am  I. 

Behold,  a  span-long  thou  hast  made  my  days  : 
And  my  *  short  life  is  as  notliiug  before  thee : 
Surely  *  altogether  vanity  is  every  man  living.® 

SELAII. 


"  Ileb.  will  keep.  ''  Ileb.  from  sinning. 

'  That  is,  was  exasperated,  was  renewed.  This  word,  isyj  occurs  only 
here,  and  in  Prov.  xv.  6.  This  would  seem  a  presumption  for  Solomon's 
authorship,  particularly  when  taken  in  connection  with  b^n,  "  vanity," 
the  bui'then  of  this  Psalm  and  of  Ecclesiastes.  But  against  this  militate 
the  internal  evidence  of  David's  authorship,  the  title,  and  the  connection 
with  circumjacent  Psalms,  unquestionally  his.  The  styles  of  father  and 
son,  however,  were  naturally  similar. 

■^  Heb.  was  hot  my  heart. 

*  Heb.  surely  all  vanity  is  all  mankind  living. 


76  THE    UOUK    OF    rs^ALMS.  [Part  I. 

II. 

Surely*  in  a  shadow  "niaii  tloth  walk  : 

Surely  in  vain  are  they  tlisquieted  : 

lie  hea2)ctli  up,  and  knoweth  not  who  shall  gather.'' 

Aud  now,  what  is  ni}'  hope  ? 

0  Lord,  my  *  waiting  is  even  for  thee.*^ 
From  all  my  transgressions  deliver  me  ; 
The  reproach  of  the  foolish  make  me  not. 

1  was  dumb,  I  opened  not  my  mouth  : 
For  it  was  thou  who  didst  it. 
Kemove  from  me  thy  plague  : 

By  the  blow  of  thy  hand  I  am  even  consumed. 

AYhen  thou  with  rebukes  for  iniquity  dost  chasten  man, 
Thou  *  destroy  est,  as  a  moth,  his  beauty  : 
*  Surely  vanity  is  every  man. 

SELAH. 

III. 
Hear  my  prayer,  O  Lord  : 
And  unto  my  calling  give  car  ; 
At  my  tears  *hold  not  thy  peace.*^ 
For  a  stranger  am  I  with  thee, 
A  sojourner,  like  all  my  fathers. 
O  spare  mc,  that  I  may  recover  strength. 
Before  I  go  away,  and  be  no  more. 

'  Heb.  walkcth  man.  ''  Heb.  gather  them. 

'  Ilob.  in  thee  is  it,  N\"l. 

**  The  word  is  not  the  same  as  the  sixth  line:  there,  *n't^'^^,  here,  tHD- 


Paiu  1.]  THE    BOOK    OF    I'SALMS.  77 

PSALM  XL. 

To  the  Chief  Musician.     (K  David.      A  Psahn. 

I. 
In*  hoping  *I  hoped  for  the  Lori>: 
And  lie  inclined  unto  nie,  and  heard  my  cry. 
And  he  brought  me  out  of  the  pit  of  noise. 
Out  of  the  mire  of  clay, 

And  set  upon  the  *  stony  rock  my  feet,  ordering  my  goings. 
And  he  hath  put  in  my  mouth  a  song  that  is  new, 
Even  praise  to  our  God. 

Many*  shall  see,  and  shall  fear, 

And  shall  trust  in  the  Lord. 

Happy*  the  man,  who  maketh  the  Lord  his  trust: 
And*  looketh  not  unto  the  proud,  and  to  those  who  go 
about  with  lying. 

Many  things  hast  thou  done,  even  thou,  O  Lord  our  God ; 

Thy  wonders  and  thy  thoughts  which  are  to  usward 

No  man  can  set  in  order  before  thee. 

I  ''would  declare  them;  and  I  would  speak  of  them 

They  are  ''more  than  can  be  mnnbered. 

II. 
Sacrifice  and  offering  thou  didst  not  desire: 

Mine  ears  hast  thou  opened:'^ 
Burnt-offering  and  sin-offering  thou  didst  not  require: 

Then  I  said,  Lo  I  come. 

In  the  volume  of  the  liook  it  is  written  of  me  : 

■  Heb.  shall  see  many.  ''  See  Psalm  cxxxix.  18. 

■^  Heb.  are  too  strong. 

''  The  difFerence  between  the  HeVj  and  the  Septuagint,  as  given  by  St. 
Paul,  Heb.  x.  5.  "  a  body  hast  thou  prepared  me,"  is  well  known.  The 
received  Heb.  reading,  followed  by  both  our  translations,  is  very  obscure, 
and  puts  a  forced  meaning  upon  this  verb  n"lD-  Dr.  Kennicott,  Dissert, 
gener.  §  18.  [5.],  considers  the  LXX,  or  true  reading  to  have  been,  ni3  TS 
(TcJ/ut  ff,  instead  of  □'JTX  •  In  a  certain  Syri.ic  !MS.  instead  of  X3*lNi 
"  ears,"  is  read  S1JD,  "  body." 


78  THE    BOOK    or    PSALMS.  [Part  I. 

To  do  tliy  will,  ()  God,  I  desire: 
And  thy  law  is  within  mv  *  reins. 

I  "have  *  published  righteousness  in  the  great  congregation:^ 
Lo,  my  lips  I  will  not  restrain,  O  Lord; 
Thou  thyself  dost  know. 
Thy  righteousness  I  have  not  hid  within  my  heart: 
Of  thy  truth  and  thy  salvation  I  have  spoken : 
I  have  not  concealed  thy  mercy  and  thy  truth  from  the  great 
congregation.*' 
Thou,  O  Lord,  restrain  not  thy  loving  kindness  from  nie: 
Let  thy  mercy  and  thy  truth  continually  preserve  me. 

III. 
For  there  arc  compassing  me  evils  without  nimiber : 
Mine  "^iniquities  have  taken  hold  on  me,  and  I  am  not  able  to 

look  up: 
They  are  more  than  the  hairs  of  my  head  : 
And  my  heart  hath  forsaken  me. 

Be  pleased,  O  Lord,  to  deliver  me: 

O  I--ORD,  to  help  me  hasten.  [my  soul  to  destroy  it: 

Let  them  be  ashamed  and  put  down  together  that  seek  after 
Let  them  be  driven  back   and   confounded,   that  *  desire   my 

hurt:^ 
Let  them  be  desolate,  for  a  reward  of  their  shame. 
That  say  unto  me,  Aha,  Aha. 

Let  those  rejoice  and  be  glad  in  thee,  all  they  that  seek  thee: 

Let  them  say  continually.  The  Lord  be  magnified:^ 

Even  those  who  love  thy  salvation. 

But  as  for  me,  /  am  poor  and  needy : 

The  LoHD  carcth  for  mc. 

My  help  and*  rescue  art  thou: 

My  God,  make  no  tarrying. 

•  Compare  Ps.  xxii.  23.  •",  *  Ilcb.  congregation  great. 
'  Heb.  hath  taken  hold  upon  nie  mine  iniquity. 

•  Heb.  mine  evil.  '  Heb.  be  magnified  the  Lord. 


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PSALM  XLI. 

To  the  Chief  Musician.      A  Psalm  of  David. 

I. 

Happy*  is  he  that  considereth  the  destitute:* 

In  the  day  of  evil  the  Lord  will  deliver  him. 

The  Lord  will  *keep  him,  and  give  him  life: 

He  shall  be  happy  upon  earth: 

And  thou  wilt  not  *give  him  over  to  the  "^will  of  his  cncmicit. 

The  Lord  will  preserve  him  upon  the  couch  of  languishing: 

All  his  bed  thou  shalt  make  in  his  sickness. 

II. 

As  for  nic,  I  said,  O  Lord,  *  be  gracious  to  me : 

Heal  my  soul,  for  I  have  sinned  against  thee. 

Mine  enemies  speak  evil  of  me : 

When  shall  he  die,  and  his  name  perish  ?** 

And  if  he  come  to  see  me,  vanity  he  speaketh: 

His  heart  gathereth  iniquity  to  itself: 

He  goeth  forth:  he  *  speaketh  it. 

They  *^ whisper  together  against  me,  all  my  haters: 

Against  me  do  they  devise  evil  for  me  :  {saying,) 

Let  a  thing  of  Belial  cleave  unto  him  : 

And  now  that  he  lieth,  let  him  no  more  rise. 

Yea,  the  man  of  my  peace,  in  whom  I  trusted, 

Who  did  eat  of  my  bread,  hath  ''lifted  up  against  me  his  heel. 

III. 
But  thou,  O  Lord,  be  gracious  unto  me  : 
And  raise  me  up,  and  I  shall  reward  them. 


*  Heb.  soul.  ''  Heb.  jierish  liis  name. 

•^  Heb.  together  against  me  they  whisper. 
^  Ileb.  hath  magnified  af-ainst  mc  his  heel. 


80  THE    BOOK    OK    PSALMS.  [l^Anx  I. 

By  this  1  know  tliuii  favourcst  inc : 
Even  because  "mine  enemy  doth  not  triumph  over  me. 
And  as  for  me,  in  my  *  jierfectness  thou  upholdcst  me, 
And  settest  me  hefbre  thy  face  for  ever. 

Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
From  everlasting  to  everlasting : 
Amen,  and  Amen. 


•  Ileb.  doth  not  triumpli  mine  enemy  over  nie. 


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BOOK    OF    PSALMS, 


PAET  II. 
Psalm  XLII.  to  LXXII.  inclusive. 


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Part  II.]  TiriO    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  8.'J 


t  PSALMS  XLII  and  XLIIT. 
To  the  Chief  Musician.     Maschil  of  the  Sons  of  Korali. 

I. 

As  the  hart  *  longeth  for  the  brooks  of  waters. 

So  my  soul  longeth  for  thee,  O  God. 

My  *  soul  is  athirst  for  God,  for  the  God  of  life  : 

When  shall  I  come  and  appear  before  the  presence  of  God  ? 

My''  tears  have  been  meat  to  me  day  and  night, 

While  they  say  unto  me  all  the  day,  Where  is  thy  God  ? 

These  things  I  remember,  and  I  pour  out  within  me  my  soul: 

For"  I  wovild  go  with  the  multitude:^ 

I  would  go®  forth  into  the  house  of  God,  [holiday. 

In  the   voice   of  joy  and   praise  of  the  multitude  keeping 

Why  art  thou  cast  down,  O  my  soul  ? 

And  art  disquieted  within  me  ? 

Wait  *  thou  for  God :   for  I  will  yet  praise  him. 

The  *  salvation  of  my  countenance,  and  my  God.*^ 

f  Both  these  Psalms  form  but  one  in  38  of  Kennicott's,  and  in  many 
of  De  Rossi's,  copies.  The  LXX  title  of  the  xliii  (forming  here  the  3d 
division)  is  a  modern  interpolation. 

'^  Heb.  is  athirst  my  soul. 

"  Heb.  have  been  to  me  my  tears. 

'■  Heb.  I  will  go. 

^  "]D ;  Dathe  remarks  almost  all  ancient  interpreters  render  this  word 
"  a  tabernacle."     I  am  inclined  to  think  this  right. 

"  This  is  a  very  obscure  line,  the  first  word,  CZmX,  being  very  uncertain 
in  its  meaning ;  if,  indeed,  it  be  the  correct  reading.  The  l^XX  connect 
it  with  the  preceding  word,  here  reading  mit?,  and  making  the  word  here 
translated  "  multitudes  "  mean  "  tabernacle,"  so  that  their  interpretation 
is,  "  I  will  go  into  the  glorious  tabernacle,  even  to  the  house  of  God." 
The  received  reading  is  here  followed,  but  Bishop  Horsley,  in  his  learned 
note,  shows  that  the  construction  of  the  word  CD"nX  (though  defended  by 
Glassius),  is  altogether  anomalous.  Dr.  Hammond  gives  the  interpretation 
of  Abu  Walid,  and  R.  Tanchum,  "  I  caused  them  to  go,"  which  seems  the 
most  consistent  reading. 

''  Both  our  translations  read  "  his  countenance."     The  present  division 

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11. 
Within  mc  my  soul  is  cast  down  : 

Therefore  will  I  remember  thee  from  the  land  of  Jordan, 
And  of  the  Hermonites,  from  the  hill  of  Mizar.^ 
Deep  unto  deep  calleth,  at  the  *  voice  of  thy  waterspouts ; 
All  thy*  breakers'^  and  thy  billows  over  me  have  gone. 
In  the  day  the*'  Lord  will  command  his  mercy: 
And  in  the  night  his  song  shall  be  witli  me, 
A  prayer  to  the  God  of  my  life.  [me  ? 

I  Avill  say  to  God,  my  stony  rock,  Why  hast  thou  forgotten 
Why  in  mourning  do  I  go,  because  of  the  oppression  of  the 

enemy  ? 
As  with  a  sword  in  my  bones'^  my*  persecutors  reproach  me, 
AVhile  they  say  unto  me  all  the  day,  Where  is  thy  God  ? 

Why  art  thou  cast  down,  O  my  soul  ? 

And  why  art  thou  disquieted  within  me  ? 

Wait*  thou  for  God:  for  1  will  yet  praise  him, 

The  *  salvation  of  my  countenance,  and  my  God. 

III. 
Judge  me,  O  God,   and  plead  my''  cause  against  a  people 

without  mercy ; 
From  the  man  of  deceit  and  iniquity  deliver  me.        [me  off? 
For  Thou  art  the  God  of  my  strength :  Why  hast  thou  cast 

and  reading  is  supported  by  the  LXX  and  the  Syriac,  and  by  two  or 
four  of  Kcnnicott's  copies.  It  is  most  consonant  with  the  parallelism  of 
the  Psalm. 

"  Dr.  Lightfoot  observes  that  Mizar  is  the  same  as  Zoar,  near  the  ex- 
treme part  of  Jordan  close  to  the  Salt  Sea.  David  went  towards  Ilcrmon 
when  flying  from  Absalom,  towards  Zoar  or  Mizar,  in  an  opposite  direc- 
tion, when  flying  from  Saul.  1  Sam.  xxii.  3.,  Chorogr.  Inquiry,  c.  iii.  §  7. 
But  sec  an  ingenious  interpretation,  (which  it  would  be  out  of  place  here 
to  analyze,)  in  Mr.  Vernon  Ilarcourt's  very  learned  Doctrine  of  the 
Deluge,  vol.  ii.  p.  381. 

''  This  is  literal :  breakers  and  rollers.  Bishop  Ilorsley  translates  the 
words  as  in  the  present  work.  Thus  Ave  have  the  waters  from  above,  the 
great  deep  beneath,  the  rolling  waves,  and  the  waves  breaking  against 
the  rocks. 

*"  Ilcb.  will  command  the  Lord. 

*  Ileb.  reproach  me  my  persecutors.  '  Ileb.  pleading. 


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Why  ill  mourning  do  I  go,  because  of  the  oppression  of  tlie 

enemy?  [lead  me: 

O  send  forth  thy  light  and  thy  truth:    they,  even  they  shall 

They  shall  bring  me  unto  the  hill  of  thy  holiness,  and  unto 

thy  tabernacles." 
And  I  will  go  nnto  the  altar  of  God, 
Unto  God,  the  gladness  of  my  joy : 
And  I  will  give  thanks  to  thee  upon  the  harp,  O  God,  my  God. 

AVh}^  art  thou  cast  down,  O  my  soul? 

And  why  art  thou  disquieted  within  me? 

Wait*  thou  for  God :  for  I  will  yet  praise  him. 

The  *  salvation  of  my  countenance,  and  my  God. 

"  This  would  make  the  LXX  rendering  of  ID  ("  ^  tabernacle")  in  tho 
first  part  more  probable. 


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t  PSALM  XLIV. 
To  the  Chief  Musician.     Maschil  of  the  Sons  of  Korah. 

I. 
O  God,  with  our  ears  we  have  heard,  our  fathers  have  told  us 
The  work  thou  *  workedst  in  their  days,  in  the  *days  of  okl. 
It  ivas   Tliou:    thine  hand  the  heathen  did "  drive  out,  and 

pkmt  them:  J**^  ^^ ' /l^ 

Tliou  didst^  afflict  the  nations,  and  cast  them  out.        ^  *" 

For  not  by  their  own  sword  gat  they  the  land  in  possession, 
And  their  own  arm  did  not  save  them:  [thy  countenance. 
For  it  was  thy  right  hand,  and  thine  arm,  and  the  light  of 
Because  thou  favouredst  them. 

Thou  art  He,  my  King,  O  God  : 
(Command  *  salvation  '^  for  Jacob. 

Through  thee,  *them  that  trouble  us  will  we'^  push  down; 
Through  thy  Name  will  we  tread  them  under  that  rise  up 
against  us. 

For  not  in  my  bow  will  I  trust: 

And  my  sword  shall  not  save  me : 

For®  thou  hast  saved  us  from*  them  that  trouble  us. 

And  them  that  hate  us  thou  hast  put  t(j  shame. 
In  God  we  boast  all  the  day. 
And  thy  Name  for  ever  we  praise. 

SELAH. 

f  The  general  cliuractor  of  this  l*sahn,  and  its  triple  Epode,  resemble 
the  89th  Tsalm. 

"  EJ'-i>,  the  same  word  as  in  the  fifth  line,  "  gat  they  in  possession." 

''  yin  break.  ^   Ileb.  salvations. 

■'  nJJJ  push  down,  as  a  horned  animal  does  :  Kipanoviin',  LXX.  The 
metaphor  is  kept  up  in  the  next  line. 

"  "  Thou"  is  not  cmi)hatic  here. 


Paut  II.]  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  87 


1. 
But  thou  hast  cast  us  off,  and  puttest  us  to  confusion, 
And  gocst  not  forth  with  our  *host.s. 

Thou  nuikest  us  to  turn  back  from  *hiin  that  trouljleth  us, 
And  they  wliich  hate  us  take  s[)oil  for  themselves.* 
Thou  hast  giAcn  us,  like  sheep,  for  meat. 
And  among  the  heathen  thou  hast  scattered  us. 
Thou  scllest  thy  people  for  nought, 
And  dost  not  make  increase  by  their  price. 
Thou  makest  us  a  reproach  to  our  neighbours, 
A  scorn  and  derision  to  them  that  arc  round  about  us. 
Thou  makest  us  a  bye-word  among  the  heathen, 
A  shaking  of  the  head  among  the  nations. 
All  day  my  confusion  is  before  me; 
And  the  shame  of  my  face  hath  covered  me; 
For  the  voice  of  him  that  reproacheth  and  blasphcmeth. 
By  ^  reason  of  the  enemy  and  avenger. 


All  this  is  come  upon  us  :  yet  we  do  not  forget  thee, 

Nor  behave  falsely  in  thy  Covenant. 

Our^  heart  is  not  turned  back, 

Neither'^  have  our  steps  gone  out  of  thy  way; 

Though  thou  hast*  shattered  us  in  the  place  of  dragons," 

And  covered  us  with  the  shadow  of  death. 

^  Our  Trayer  Book  roads  ):h  (iustcad  of  ID*?,)  with  four  of  Kcnnicott's 
copies. 

''  The  rendering  of  '•JDD  by  ('nro  TzpoaCj-aov  seems  preferable  :  though 
doubtless  the  word  is  often  used  in  the  meaning  given  in  the  text.  Vide 
Ps.  38.  4. 

•^  Heb.  is  not  turned  back  our  heart. 

"^  Ileb.  nor  declined  our  steps. 
^  '■  □"'31^.     This  word  is  used  six  times  by  Isaiah,  six  times  by  Jeremiah, 

twice  in  Job,  rarely  in  other  books.     In  the  book  of  Psalms  it  occurs  in 
the  7-2d,  89th,  and  47th. 

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3. 

If  wc  have  forgotten  the  Name  of  our  God, 

Or  stretclied  out  our  hands  to  a  god  that  is  strange, 

Then  shall  not  God  search  out  this  ? 

For  it  is  He  who  knoweth  tlie  secrets  of  the  heart. 

Yea,  for  thy  sake  are  we  killed  all  the  day; 

We  are  counted  as  sheep  for  the  slaughter. 

4. 
Up,  why  sleepest  thou,  O  Lord  ? 
Awake,  cast  us  not  off  for  ever. 
Wherefore  thy  face  dost  thou  hide, 
Dost  thou  forget  our  affliction  and  oppression  ? 
For  our  soul*  is  bowed  to  the  dust. 
Our''  belly  cleaveth  unto  the  ground. 
Arise  for  a  help  unto  us ; 
And  redeem  us,  for  the  sake  of  thy  mercy. 

"  Heb.  is  bowed  to  the  dust  our  soul. 
^  Heb.  cleavetli  to  the  ground  our  belly. 


Part  II.]  THE    BOOK    OF    TSALMS.  89 


PSALM  XLV. 

To  the  Chief  Musician  upon  Shoshanniiii.     Maschil  of  the 
Sons  of  Korah.     A  Song  of  Loves. 

I. 

My  ''heart  is  inditinir  ^of  a  matter  tliat  is  good  :  [Kino-. 

I  '^myself  speak  of  the  tltijif/s  which   I    liave  made  for  the 
My  tongue  is  the  pen  of  a  writer  that  is  ready. 

11. 
Fair  art  thou  above  the  children  of  men  : 
Grace  '^is  poured  out  upon  thy  lips, 
Because  ''God  hath  blessed  thee  for  ever. 
Gird  thy  sword  upon  thy  thigh, 

O  thou  that  art  mighty  in  thy  glory  and  thy  majesty. 
And  m  thy  majesty  prosper  thou  ;  ride  on,  [ness, 

Because  ''of  the  word  of  truth,  and  the  meekness  of  righteous- 
And  thy  right  hand  shall  teach  thee  terrible  things. 
Thine  arrows  are  sharp  ; 
The  people  under  thee  shall  fall, 
In  the  heart  of  the  enemies  of  the  King. 

Thy  throne,  O  God,  is  for  ever  and  ever : 

A  sceptre  of  uprightness  is  the  sceptre  of  thy  kingdom  : 

Thou  hast  loved  righteousness,  and  hated  Tnigodlincss, 

Wherefore  God,  even  thy  God,  hath  anointed  thee 

With  the  oil  of  gladness  above  thy  fellows. 

Of  myrrh,  and  of  aloes,  «?«</ of  cassia,  arc  all  thy  garments, 

»  Heb.  is  inditing  my  heart. 
''  Ileb.  is  full)  hiiipiviaro. 
"  Heb.  will  speak  I  iiij'self. 
■'  lleb.  is  poured  out  grace. 

*  ITeb.  bath  blessed  thee  God. 

*  Or,  because  of,  (vtKtr.     The  word  may  moan  God's  promises. 


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From  palaces  ut"  ivory,  whereby  they  have  gladdened  thee. 
Daughters  of  Kings  were  among  thine  honourable  women  : 
The  "  Queen  stood  on  thy  right  hand  in  gold  of  Ophir. 

III. 

Hearken,  O  Daughter,  and  consider,  and  incline  thine  ear : 

And  forget  thy  people,  and  the  house  of  thy  fathers  : 

And  ''the  King  shall  have  pleasure  in  thy  beauty  : 

For  he  is  thy  liOKD  ;  and  worship  thou  him. 

And  the  daughter  of  Tyre  shall  he  tlure  with  a  gift:   [cation. 

Before  *'tliee  shall  the  rich  among  the  people  make  suppli- 

AU  '^ glorious  is  the  Daughter  of  the  King  within  : 

Of  ®  wrought  gold  is  her  clothing. 

In  raiment  of  needlework  she  shall  be  brought  to  the  King  : 

The  virgins  that  follow  her,  her  companions,  shall  come  unto 

They  shall  be  brought  with  gladness  and  joy  :  [thee  : 

They  shall  'enter  into  the  palace  of  the  King. 

Instead  of  thy  fathers  shall  be  thy  children : 

Thou  shalt  make  them  ^  princes  in  all  the  earth. 

I  will  make  thy  Name  to  be  remembered  for  all  generations : 
Therefore  shall  the  **  people  give  thanks  unto  thee  for  ever 
and  ever. 

•'  IIl'Ij.  .stood  the  Queen. 

"  Heb.  and  shall  have  pleasure  the  King. 

'  Ilcb.  before  thy  faee  —  shall  inti'eat. 

<>  Or  (with  the  LXX),  "all  the  glory  of,"  &c. 

"  mVQI^'D  workings  of  gold:  embroidery. 

*  lleb.  be  made  to  come.  ^  Heb.  for  princes. 

''  Ileb.  peoples. 


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PSALM  XLVI. 

To   the   Chief  Musieian.      Of  the    Sous   of  Korah.      Upon 
Alamoth.     A  Song. 

I. 
God  is  to  us  a  refuge  and  strength, 
A  help  in  troubles  very  present.* 

Therefore  will  ^Ye  not  fear,  at  the  *''trembling  of  the  earth, 
Or  at  the  *  removing  of  the  mountains  into  the  heart  of  the 
Thcv_ragc,  they  arc  troubled,  the  waters  thereof :  [seas  : 

The  **' mountains  shake  at  the  sw'ellino;  thereof. 

SELAH. 
II. 

A  river  there  is,  the  streams  whereof  shall  make  glad  the 

City  of  God: 
The  holy  place  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  Most  High. 
God  is  in  the  midst  of  her  :   she  shall  not  be  moved  : 
God  '^ shall  help  her  at  the  *daAvn  of  the  morning. 
The  ''heathen  raged  :   "^the  kingdoms  were  moved  : 
He  hath  uttered  his  voice  :   the  earth  shall  melt.^ 

The  Loud  of  hosts  is  with  us  : 

A  high  place  for  us  is  the  God  of  Jacob. 

SELAH. 

in. 
O  come,  behold  the  works  of  the  Lord  : 
What  ** desolations  *he  hath  made  desolate  on  the  earth  : 


"  Ileb.  to  be  found  exceedingly.  ''  lieb.  breaking. 

•^  Hob.  shake  the  mountains.  "^  Ileb.  t^hall  help  her  (jud. 

"  Ileb.  raged  the  heathen. 

''  Ileb.  were  moved  the  kingdoms. 

«  Ileb.  shall  melt  the  earth. 

"  IIel>.  who  hath  made  desolate  desolations,  nv:i'C'  CL"  IL'^X 


92  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  II, 

jSIaking  "  wars  to  cease  unto  the  end  of  the  earth  : 
Tlic  bow  he  breaketh,  and  *  snappeth  the  spear ; 
The  chariots  he  burncth  in  the  fire. 
Be  still,  and  know  that  I  am  God  : 
I  will  be  exalted  among  the  heathen  : 
I  will  be  exalted  in  the  earth. 

The  Lord  of  hosts  is  with  us  : 

A  high  place  for  us  is  the  God  of  Jacob. 

SELAH. 

"  rieb.  niakinnj  to  cease  wars. 


tV,n„My/c''/.;^     i        _  /^,  . 


Paht  II.]  THE    BOOK    OF    TSALMS.  93 


PSALM  XLVII. 
To  the  Chief  Musician.     Of  the  Sons  of  Korah.     A  Psahn. 

I. 

O  all  ye  people  %  clap  the  hand : 
Shout  unto  God  with  the  voice  of  niehxly'': 
For  the  Lord  Most  High  is  to  be  feared : 
A  King  who  is  great  over  all  the  earth. 

He  shall  subdue  the  people  '^  under  us, 
And  the  nations  under  our  feet. 
He  shall  choose  for  us  our  inheritance, 
The  excellency  of  Jacob,  whom  he  loveth. 

SELAII. 

II. 

God  ^  is  gone  on  high  with  a  shout, 
The  Lord  with  the  *  voice  of  a  trumpet. 
Sing  *  psalms  to  God,  sing  psalms  : 
Sing  *  psalms  to  our  King,  sing  *  psalms. 
For  the  King  of  all  the  earth  is  God : 
Sing  *  ye  j^salms  with  understanding.® 

A  kino;  is  God  over  the  heathen : 

God  sitteth  upon  the  throne  of  his  holiness. 

The  princes  of  the  people  ^  are  gathered  to  the  people  ^  of  the 

God  of  Abraham : 
For  of  God  are  the  shields ''  of  the  earth :  he  is  greatly  exalted. 

%  *=,  f  riural  in  Ileb.  ''  Singing,  n2"l. 

^  Heb.  is  gone  on  high  God. 

^  Ileb.  sing  a  "  Maschil :"  possibly  the  designation  of  a  particidar  kind 
of  tune  oi-  Psahn,  as  Dr.  Hammond  and  Bisliop  llorsley  conjecture.  But. 
see  Diss.  ii.  §  2.  in  the  second  vol.  of  this  Avork. 

*  The  Scptuagint  renders  Dy  "  unto"  instead  of  "  people,"  iiera  tov 
Biov  'A/3paa//,  which  appears  to  be  right. 

•^   O'l  Kparatoi  riJQ  yz/c.   LXX. 


94  ITTE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Pa7!T  II. 


PSALM  XL VIII. 

A  Song  of  a  Psalm  of  the  Sons  of  Korali. 

T. 

Great  is  the  Lord,  and  to  be  praised  exceedingly 
In  the  City  of  our  God,  the  hill  of  his  holiness. 
Fair  is  that.  "^  place,  tlie  joy  of  the  whole  earth. 
The  hill  of  Sion,  on  the  sides  of  the  north, 
The  City  of  the  great  King^: 
God  in  her  palaces  is  known  for  a  refuge.'^ 

For  lo,  the  kings  were  gathered ; 

They  passed  by  together. 

They  themselves  saw  it :  so  they  marvelled  : 

They  were  troubled  :  they  liastcd  away : 

Trembling  *  came  upon  them  there : 

Pain,  as  of  one  in  trav<ail. 

AVith  the''  cast  wind  thou  breakest  the  ships  of  Tarshish. 
As  we  have  heard,  so  have  we  seen 

In  the  City  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  in  the  city  of  our  God. 
God  will  establish  it  for  evci'. 

SELAH. 
IT. 

We  have  waited,  O  God,  for  thy  loving  kindness 
In  the  midst  of  thy  temple. 


'  c^lj  extension  :  an  extended  plaee.  ^  ITel).  King  great. 

'    njC'O  vide  Ps.  xlvi.  ''  Heb.  wind  of  the  east. 

'  "  Qnalis  est  cum  ventis  Orientis  naves  frangit  Tartasscnses :"  Datlie 
so  interprets  with  Sohnnrrer.  IIi."  tliinks  that  tlie  Ijreaking  of  Jeho- 
shaphat's  ships  rannot  he  meant,  as  that  took  place  some  years  after. 
"  Sed  si  repetatur  7^13,  ex  antecedente  versu,  et  ante  "IDL'TI  snppleatur 
")CJ'X,  sensus  est  pLanus  et  facilis,  rpiem  in  versione  posni."  See,  however, 
Diss.  i.  §  2.  of  the  present  work. 


Part  II.]  TTTE    HOOK    OF    PSALMS.  95 

According  to  thy  name,  ()  God, 

So  is  tliy  prfiisc  unto  the  ends  of  tlie  earth : 

Of  riglitcousness  thy  riglit  liand  is  full.  [*  rejoice. 

Let  ''Mount  Sion  be  *  glad :    let    the    daughters  of  Judah 

Because  of  thy  judgments. 

Walk  about  Sion,  and  go  round  about  her ; 

Tell  the  towers  thereof: 

Mark''  ye  well  her  bulwarks:  consider*'  her  palaces: 

That  ye  may  tell  it  to  the  generation  following. 
For  this  God  is  our  God  for  ever  and  ever : 
Even  he  shall  be  our  o-uide  unto  death.'' 


"  Heb.  bo  glad  jMonnt  Sion,  rejoice  tlie  (laughters  of  Judah.  The 
two  verbs  are  transposed  from  the  proper  order  in  both  our  translations, 
as  the  rendering  appropriated  to  each  here,  is  that  iisunlly  given. 

•^  "  Sot  your  heart  on  :  "  as  the  marginal  reference  remarks. 

'^  13DS  an  (WaS  Xjyo/ifj'oi' ;  "periculum  facite  an  evertere  possitjfs  ejus 
palatia : "  Dathe. 

^  This  reading  shows  the  connection  between  this  Psalm  and  the  text, 
which  discloses  the  secrets  beyond  death;  though  some  critics  suppose  the 
last  word  to  be  part  of  the  title  of  the  next  Psalm. 


*^6  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Pakt  II. 


PSALM  XLIX. 
To  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psahu  of  the  Sons  of  Korali. 

I. 

0  hear  ye  this,  all  ye  people : 

Give  ear,  all  ye  that  dwell  in  the  world : 

Sons  *  of  Adam,  and  *  sons  of  men, 

Rich  *  and  poor  together. 

My  mouth  shall  speak  of  Wisdom '', 

And  the  meditations  of  my  heart  shall  be  Understanding. 

1  will  incline  to  a  parable  mine  ear : 

I  will  open  upon  the  harp  my  dark  saying. 

Wherefore  should  I  fear  in  the  days  of  wickedness. 
When  the  iniquity  of  *  those  "^  who  would  supplant  me  com- 
passeth  me  about? 
Some  *  men  trust  in  their  wealth. 

And  in  the  multitude  of  their  riches  boast  themselves: 
But  a  brother  no  man  can  *  by  any  redemption  redeem :  ^ 
He  cannot  give  to  God  a  ransom  for  him : 
[For  precious  is  the  redemption  of  their  soul. 
And  ^  he  ceaseth  to  be  for  ever,]  — 
Though  8  he  may  still  live  long, 
Thonrjh  he  see  not  corruption. 
For^  he  seeth  that  wise  men  die, 

"  Ileb.  together  rich  and  poor 

''  "  AVisdom"  and  "  Understanding"  arc  botli  in  the  plural. 

*■  ''3py,  so  it  is  rendered  by  Bishops  Lowth  and  Ilornc,  and  Mr.  Park- 
hurst.    The  LXX  give  the  same  sense  as  in  our  translation. 

''  If  the  foregoing  meaning  is  right,  this  passage  may  be  rendered, 
"  even  of  those  who  trust,"  &c. 

^  Heb.  a  brother  shall  not  redeeming  redeem  a  man. 

'  Dr.  Kennicott's  meaning  is  here  adopted. 

«  Ileb.  and. 

*'  Or,  "  one  sees,"  experience  shows. 


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Both  the  foolish  and  brutish  perish. 
And  leave,  to  those  who  come  after,  their  wuiilth. 
Their  ''  inward  tlionr/lit  is,  that  their  houses  shall  ha  for  ever  : 
Their  dwelling  places  from  generation  to  generation  : 
They  ^  call  after  their  own  names  the  lands. 

But  man  that  is  in  honour  shall  not  abide : 

He  is  like  unto  the  beasts  that  perish.*^ 
This  their  way  is  folly  to  them : 
Yet  those  that  come  after  of  their  sayings  approve. 

SELAII. 

II. 
Like  *  sheep  in  the  hell  they  lie : 

Death  shall  feed  upon  them :  [morning  : 

And  the  righteous  °  shall  have  dominion  over  them  in  the 
And  their  ^  beauty  shall  consume  : 

"■  "Their  inward  thought  is,"  &c.  The  LXX  has  rcKpoi,  reading 
□■•"l^p  for  D3"lp-  "  And  their  tombs  are  their  houses  for  ever."  The 
Syriac,  Vulgate,  Arabic,  and  Chaklee  read  the  same.  This  reading 
seems  plausible :  apparently  an  allusion  to  the  magnificent  monuments  of 
Egypt,  &c. :  but  our  received  reading  and  translation  are  supported  by 
Psalm  Ixii.  4. 

''  Heb.  they  call  in  their  own  names  on  the  lands. 

"^  Heb.  are  dumb,  1013  aroj/roic. 

■'  "  Like  sheep  in  the  hell,"  &c.  It  is  worth  while  here  to  note  Dr. 
Konnicott's  note  on  this  passage,  to  show  into  what  absurdities  a 
learned  ingenuity  may  sometimes  betray  even  the  soundest  critics. 
"  Like  cattle  do  they  advance  to  the  grave :  Death  is  their  Shepherd  ; 
and  they  go  down.  In  straight  rows  to  his  Hock  he  fasteneth  them  :  till 
the  grave  cease  from  being  a  habitation  to  them."  DyT"  he  renders,  with 
the  LXX,  "is  theii'  Shepherd  :"  a  meaning  the  word  will  bear,  ni*  the 
same,  taking  the  root  Tl\  while  our  translators  take  mi.  But  the  rest 
is  all  forced.  Instead  of  C3''"lC"'  D3»  "  upon  them  the  righteous,"  he  reads 
n''X"'')03  something  made  straight :  but  not  necessarily  "  straight  rows." 
"Ipn"?  "  to  his  herd,"  instead  of  "  in  the  morning."  For  Q"l*V1  he  reads, 
without  authority,  CDT'^**  "  he  fastens  them."  And  instead  of  translating 
^1K^'  ni'pnS  for  the  destruction  of  the  grave,  he  renders  these  words,  till 
the  ceasing  of  the  grave  ;  an  utterly  constrained  meaning. 

"  Ileb.  shall  have  dominion  over  them  the  righteous. 

f  Heb.  their  strength  shall  be  for  destruction. 

II 


98  THE   BOOK   OF   PSALMS.  [Part  II. 

Hell  shall  be  a  dwelling  to  them. 

But  *  God  shall  redeem  my  soul  from  the  hand  of  hell : 

For  ^  he  shall  receive  me. 

SELAH. 

III. 

Be  not  thou  afraid,  though  a  man  be  made  rich  : " 

Though  there  be  an  increase  to  the  ^ glory  of  his  house  : 

For  he  shall  not,  when  he  dieth,  ''cany  any  thing  away  ; 
His  *^glory  shall  not  descend  after  him. 

Though  his  soul,  while  he  lived,  he  blessed, 

[For  mens  will  praise  thee,  when  thou  doest  well  to  thyself:] 

Vet  ^she  shall  go  to  the  generation  of  his  fathers. 

They  shall  not  *for  a  long  time  sec  light. 

Man  that  is  in  honour,  and  luiderstandeth  not. 
Is  like  unto  the  beasts  that  perish. 

^  -]«,  truly. 

''  "  He"  is  not  emphatic  here,  as  it  is  not  found  in  the  Hebrew. 

•=  Heb.  be  made  rich  a  man. 

^  Heb.  be  increased  the  glory. 

^  Heb.  receive  all. 

'  Heb.  shall  not  descend  after  him  his  glory. 

6  So  both  our  translations  read,  "inV  with  29  of  Kcnnicott's  Codices. 

^  Heb.  i.  e.  the  soul ;  vide  margin  of  the  English  Bible. 


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PSALM  L. 

A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

I. 

The  *Go(l  ''of  Gods,  the  Loud  hath  spoken,  and  called  the 

earth 
From  the  rising  of  the  sun,  unto  the  going  down  thereof. 

Out  of  Sion,  the  ^perfection  of  beauty,  God  hath  shined. 

He  shall  come,  eve7i  our  God,  and  shall  not  keep  silence  : 

A  fire  before  him  shall  devour  : 

And  round  about  him  shall  be  a  mighty  tempest." 
He  shall  call  to  the  heavens  from  above. 
And  to  the  earth,  that  he  may  judge  his  peojole  : 

"  Gather  unto  me  my  saints, 

"  Those  that  have  covenanted  with  me  with  sacrifice." 
And  the  heavens  shall  declare  his  righteousness, 
For  God  is  Judge  "^  himself. 

SELAH. 
II. 

Hear,  O  my  people,  and  I  will  speak ; 

O  Israel,  and  I  will  testify  unto  thee  : 

God,  even  thy  God  am  L 

Not  for  thy  sacrifices  will  I  reprove  thee  : 

For  thy  burnt  offerings  are  before  me  continually.*^ 

"  So  the  LXX. 

"  The  LXX  takes  y^Qin  (hath  shined),  in  connection  with  N3'  in 
the  next  line,  6  Oiof  tn(pavwc  '/?«'•  If  it  were  translated  "  From  Sion  is  the 
perfection  of  beauty :  God  hath  shined,"  &c.,  the  construction  would  be 
apparently  more  consistent. 

'=  Heb.  there  shall  be  a  tempest,  mytJ'J  mightily. 

''  pn^,  "Judge,"  in  line  12.  is  tDSy'. 

*  1  is  here  rendered  "  for,"  and  the  sense  of  the  LXX,  the  most 
literal,  is  adopted. 

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100  THE    BOOK   OF   PSALMS.  [Part    II 

I  will  not  take  out  of  thy  house  a  bullock, 

Nor  out  of  thy  folds  the  he-goats. 

For  mine  is  every  beast  of  the  forest, 

The  cattle  upon  a  thousand  hills  :  ^ 

I  know  every  fowl  of  the  *  hills. 

And  the  wild  beast  of  the  field  is  *  before  me. 

If  I  be  hungry,  I  will  not  tell  thee  : 

For  mine  is  the  world,  and  the  fulness  thereof. 

Will  I  eat  the  flesh  of  bulls, 

And  the  blood  of  goats  will  I  drink  ? 

Sacrifice*  unto  God  thanksgiving, 

And  perform  to  the  Most  High  thy  vows  : 

And  call  on  me  in  the  day  of  trouble  : 

I  will  deliver  thee,  and  thou  shalt  glorify  me.'' 

But  unto  the  ungodly  saith  God, 

What  is  it  to  thee  to  declare  my  statutes. 

Or  to  take  my  Covenant  into  thy  mouth  ? 

For  it  is  thou  who  hatest  instruction,'' 

And  castest  my  words  behind  thee  ? 

If  thou  seest  a  thief,  then  thou  consentest  unto  him. 

And  with  adulterers  is  thy  portion. 

Thy  mouth  thou  "^givest  to  wickedness. 

And  ''thy  tongue  frameth  deceit. 

Thou  sittest :  against  thy  brother  thou  speakest ; 

Against  the  son  of  thy  mother  thou  scttest  forth  slander. 

These  things  thou  hast  done ;  and  I  kept  silence  ; 

Thou  thoughtest,  that  I^  am  altogether  as  thyself: 

I  will  reprove  thee,  and  set  them  in  order  before  tliine  eyes. 

Consider  now,  ye  that  forget  God, 

»  Ileb.Miills  thousand :  the  LXX  and  the  Syriac  render  ej^N  oxen. 

''  Here  a  Diapsalma  occurs  in  the  LXX.  Though  a  modern  interpo- 
lation, it  occurs  in  a  very  appropriate  place. 

'  Discipline  :    ircn^iiav,  "IDID. 

''  Or,  "  employest  in." 

"  Or,  "  And  (loith)  thy  tongue  thou  framest." 

'  Heb.  "  being  I  am,"  riTlK  DVil  :  the  Prayer  Book  reads  niin 
(wickedness)  with  the  LXX. 


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Lest  I  tear  in  pieces,  and  there  he  none  to  deliver. 
He  that  *sacrificeth  praise,  honoureth  me  : 
And  he  that  ordcreth  his  way, 
To  *hini  will  I  shew  the  salvation  of  God. 


'  Or  rather,  "  To  him  shall  I  be  shewn." 


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102  THE   BOOK   OF   PSALMS.  [Part  II. 


PSALM  Lit 

To  the  Chief  Musician.  A  Psahii  of  David.  When  Nathan 
the  Prophet  came  to  him,  after  he  had  gone  in  to  Bath- 
sheba. 


Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  God,  according  to  thy  *  mercy : 
According  to  the  multitude  of  thy  loving  kindnesses  blot  out 
my  tranBgressions : 

ThrougUy  wash  me  from  mine  iniquity  : 

And  from  my  sin  cleanse  me. 
For  my  transgressions  ''I  do  acknowledge. 
And  my  sin  is  before  me  continually. 
Against  thee,  against  thee  only,  have  I  sinned, 
And  this  wickedness  in  thy  sight  have  I  done, 
That  thou  mightest  be  justified  in  thy  saying, 
That  thou  mightest  be  clear  when  thou  judgest. 

Behold,  in  iniquity  I  Avas  shapen. 
And  in  sin  ''hath  my  mother  conceived  me  : 
Behold,  truth  thou  desirest  in  the  inward  parts. 
And  in  the  hidden  part  wisdom  thou  shalt  make  me  know. 
Thou  shalt  ''pm'ge  me  with  hyssop,  and  I  shall  be  clean: 
Thou  shalt  wash  me,  and  than  snow  I  shall  be  whiter. 
Thou  shalt  make  me  to  hear  of  joy  and  gladness. 
They  shall  rejoice,  the  bones  which  thou  hast  *  bruised. 

Hide  thy  face  from  my  sins : 
And  all  mine  iniquities  blot  out. 
A  heart  tJiat  is  clean  create  in  me  O  God, 

f  Nt^n,  "Sin,"  is  the  characteristic  word  of  this  Psalm. 

""JK  emphatic. 
^  Ileb.  hath  conceived  me  my  mother. 
'  NOn  same  word  as  "  Sin." 


Part  II.]  THE   BOOK   OF   PSALMS.  103 

And  a  spirit  that  is  right  renew  within  nie. 
Cast  me  not  away  from  thy  *  face : 

And  thy  Spirit  of  holiness  take  not  from  me. 
Cause*  to  return  to  me  the  joy  of  thy  salvation, 

And  with  the  spirit  of  freedom  uphold  me. 

II. 
I  will  teach  transgressors  thy  ways : 
And  sinners  to  thee  shall  *  return. 
Deliver  me  from  blood  guiltiness,  O  God, 
O  God  of  my  salvation : 
My  *  tongue  shall  sing  of  thy  righteousness. 
O  Lord,  my  lips  thou  slialt  open. 
And  my  mouth  shall  shew  forth  thy  praise. 

For  thou  hast  no  *  pleasure  in  sacrifice,  that  I  should  give  it : 

In  burnt  offering  thou  delightest  not. 

The  sacrifice  of  God  is  a  spirit  that  is  broken :  [despise. 

A  heart  that  is  broken  and  *  bruised,  O  God,  thou  wilt  not 

Do  good  in  thy  pleasvu'c  to  Sion : 

Thou  shalt  build  the  walls  of  Jerusalem.  [ness, 

Then  shalt  thou  have  pleasure  in  the  sacrifices  of  rightcous- 

In  burnt  oifering  and  oblation ;  '^ 

Then  shall  they  oflPer  upon  thine  altar  young  bullocks. 

°  Heb.  shall  sing  my  tongue. 

''  !?*^3  holocausts  :  "  whole  burnt  offerings."     Eng.  Bible. 


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104  THE   BOOK   OF   PSALMS.  [Part  II. 


PSALM  LIL 

To  the  Chief  Musician,  Mascliil  of  David :  when  Doeg  the 
Edomite  came  and  told  Saul,  and  said  unto  him,  David  is 
come  to  the  house  of  Abimelech. 

I. 

Why  boastest  thou  thyself  in  *  evil,  O  thou  mighty  man  ? 

The  ^  mercy  of  God  endureth  all  day  long. 

Mischiefs  deviseth  thy  tongue. 

Like  a  razor  that  is  sharp,  working  deceitfully. 

Thou  hast  loved  evil  more  than  good. 

Lying,  more  than  to  speak  righteousness. 

SELAH. 

II. 
Thou  hast  loved  all  words  that  devour, 
O  tongue  of  deceitfubiess. 

Therefore  shall  God  destroy  thee  at  *the  last  :^ 
He  shall  take  thee,  and  pluck  thee  out  of  thy  dwelling,'^ 
And  root  thee  out  of  the  land  of  the  livins. 

SELAH. 
III. 

And  the  rigliteous  shall  see,  and  fear. 

And  at  him  shall  lauffh. 

Behold  the  *  mighty  man,  who  made  not  God  his  strength. 

But  trusted  in  the  multitude  of  his  riches. 

Strengthening  himself  m  his  *  mischief.  ^ 

"  The  LXX  reads  dvojiiav,  and  leaves  out  ?N,  reading  DDPI  for  Ton. 
''  nvj^.  -  Vnx  tent. 

■"  ininn  "  substance."     Marg.  Eng.  Bible. 


Part  II.]  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  105 

But  as  for  mc,  I  am  like  an  olive  that  is  "grccM  in  the  house 
I  trust  In  the  mercy  of  God  for  ever  and  ever.  [of  God ; 

I  will  praise  thee  for  ever,  because  thou  hast  done  it, 
And  I  will  hope  in  thy  Name,  because  it  is  good  before  thy 
Saints. 

^  py"),  KuTaKapwoq,  llourishing. 


108  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Paut  II. 


PSALINI  LV. 

To  the  Chief  Musician  on  Ncginoth.     Maschil  of  David. 

I. 

1. 

Give  ear,  ()  God,  to  my  prayer, 

And  hide  not  thyself  from  my  supplication. 

Take  heed  unto  me,  and  hear  me ; 

I  "*  mourn  in  my  complaint,  and  am  vexed ; '' 

2. 

For  the  voice  of  the  enemy, 

Because  of  the  oppression  of  the  ungodly  ; 

For  they  *^cast  upon  me  mischief. 

And  in  wrath  they  hate  me. 

3. 

My  heart  is  sore  pained  within  me. 
And  the  terrors  of  death  are  fallen  upon  me. 
Fearfulness  and  trembling  are  come  upon  me, 
And  ^horrors  have  overwhelmed  me. 

4. 

And  I  said,  *  Who  will  give  me  wings  ? 
Like''  a  dove  I  would  flee  away,  and  be  at  rest: 
Lo,  I  would  get  me  aAvay  far  off; 
I  would  remain  in  the  wilderness. 

SELAII. 

"  nnX  cast  down.  "   HOTIN  ain  troubled. 

*=  113*0*  move. 

"^  Ilcb.  and  have  overwhelmed  mc  horrors. 

'■  The  division  here  given  is  that  of  Dr.  Konnicott's  text. 


Tart  II.]  rilE    BOOK   OF    PSALMS.  10!) 

II. 
I  would  hasten  my  "escape  from  the  wind  of  the  storm,  IVom 
Destroy,  O  Lord,  divide  their  tongues,  [the  tempest. 

For  I  have  seen  violence  and  strife  in  the  city. 
Day  and  night  they  go  about  it  in  the  walls  thereof. 
And  *  iniquity  and  *  sorrow  are  in  the  midst  thereof: 
.Mischiefs*  are  in  the  midst  thereof, 
And  ^deceit  and  guile  depart  not  from  the  streets  thereof. 

For  it  was  not  an  enemy  that  reproached  me. 

Then  I  could  have  borne  it : 
It  was  not  an  adversary  tliat  magnified  himself: 

Then  I  could  have  hid  myself  from  him. 
But  thou,  a  man  mine  equal/ 
Vly  guide,  and  mine  acquaintance : 
For  we  "^took  together  sweet  counsel : 
[n  the  house  of  God  we  walked  in  company. 

Let  death  seize  upon  them : 

Let  them  go  down  into  hell  *  alive  ; 

For  ''wickedness  is  in  their  dwelling,  in  the  ^midst  of  them. 

As  for  me,  upon  God  will  I  call. 

And  the  Lord  shall  save  me.  [cry  aloud. 

Evening,  and  morning,  and  noon-day,  will  I  *  complain,  and 
And  he  shall  hear  my  voice. 

"  Escape  to  me.  The  LXX  reads,  Trponrrixofnjv  toi>  (rioZovra  fit  ijtto  ^ 
o\iyo\f/vxi<(t:  i^cl  KciTaiyicoc.  "  I  waited  for  him  that  saveth  me"  &c.,  i.  e. 
n^^nX  for  nti'TIX  :  which  is  also  the  reading  of  the  Syriac,  and  two  of  Ken- 
nicott's  MSS.  The  second  word  may  mean  either  an  escape,  or  one  trfto 
causes  one  to  escape.  This  rendering  of  the  LXX  makes  the  function  of 
Sehili  more  obvious.  The  impatience,  expressed  in  the  preceding  line,  is 
subdued  :  he  has  waited  in  faith  for  the  divine  rescue. 

''  Ileb.  and  depart  not  from  the  streets  thereof  deceit  and  guile. 

■^  ""DiyS  according  to  my  rank. 

''  Heb.  "  Who."     The  LXX  has  lyXvKarac,  2nd  person  sing,  which, 
joined  to  "it^'X,  makes  more  consistent  sense. 

''  Ileb.  wickednesses.  '   2"ip. 


110  TlIK    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [PartH. 

He  hath  *rcJecincd  in  peace  my  soul  lioui  the  war"  that  was 
For  many  tlicre  were  *  about  mc.''  [against  me, 

God  "^sliall  hear  and  afflict  them, 
Even  '^Ile  tliat  abideth  of  old. 

SELAH. 
III. 

Because*'  there  arc  no  changes  with  them, 

Therefore  they  fear  not  God. 

He  laid  his  hands  u|)on  such  as  be  at  peace  with  him; 

He  hath  broken  his  covenant. 

Softer  than  batter  were  the  woi'ds  of  his  mouth, 

But  ^war  was  in  his  heart; 
Smoother  were  his  words  than  oil. 

Yet  were  they  drawn  swords. 

O  cast  upon  the  Lord  thy  ^ burden,  and  he  himself  shall 

sustain  thee ; 
He  'Svill  never  suffer  the  righteous  to  be  moved. 
But  thou,  O  God,  shalt  bring   them  down  into  the  i)it  of 

*  corruption. 
The  men  of  blood  and  of  deceit  shall  not  have  half  their  days: 
But  as  for  me,  I  will  trust  in  thee. 

^  31p.  "  Confer  ii.  Chrou.  xxxii.  7,  8. 

"^  llel).  shall  hear  Gotl  and  afflict  them. 
''  Or,  and  he  abideth  of  old. 

•^  "  Quia  mores  suos  non  mutant."  Dathe,  who  follows  the  Chaldee. 
•■  mp-  s  Allotment,  portion,  13nv 

*■  lieb.  1  will  not  suffer  for  ever  movement  to  the  righteous  :  oit  Sioaii 
iif  Toi>  aiiova  ffc'tXov  rep  ^iKali^, 


Part  II.]  THE    UOOK    OF    PSALMS.  1  1  1 


PSALM  LVI. 

To  the  Chief  Musician  upon  Jonaili  clem  reohokini.      Micli- 
tam  of  David,  when  the  Philistines  took  him  in  Gatli. 

I. 
Be  merciful  unto  me,  O  God, 
For  man  would  swallow  me  uji : " 
All  day  long  he  is  fighting :  he  opprcsscth  me. 
They  would  swallow  me  up,  who  *  watch  for  me  ; 
For  there  be  many  that  fight  against  me,  O  most  Iligli.'' 
In  the  day  when  I  am  afraid,*^  I  in  thee  will  surely  trust : 

In  God  will  I  praise  his  word : 

In  God  have  I  trusted  : 

I  will  not  be  afraid  what  flesh  can  do  unto  me.*^ 

II. 
All  day  long  my  words  they  wrest  ;^ 
Against  me  all  their  imaginings  are  for  evil. 
They  gather  together :  ^  they  hide  themselves : 
Yea  they  mark  my  steps,^  when  they  wait  for  my  soid. 
Shall  there  be  escape  for  them  through  iniquity  ? 
In  thine  anger  thou  shalt  cast  them  down,  O  God. 
My  wanderings  thou  tellest,  even  thou : 
Put  my  teai's  into  thy  bottle : 
Are  not  they  in  thy  book  ?  ^ 


*  Heb.  would  swallow  mo  up  man. 

"  The  word  is  not  \vh]}^  ^"^  OIID.     It  would  seem  thai  the  LXX  i^ 
right :  aTTo  vipovg. 
•^  *3N,  emphatic. 
''  Hcb.  what  can  do  llesh  unto  mo. 

*  nvy,  work  with  pain. 

'  hir,  sojourn.  *"  H^'b.  thy-^toiis  mark. 

^  The  same  word  as  "  tell"  in  the  hue  but  one  before  :  mSL"- 


112  rHE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Pakt  II. 

Then  shall  mine  enemies  be  turned  back,* 
Even  in  the  day  when  I  cry  :^ 
This  I  know ;  for  God  is  with  me. 

In  God  will  I  praise  his  word : 

In  the  Lord  will  I  praise  his  word : 

In  God  have  I  trusted  : 

I  will  not  be  afraid  what  man  can  do  unto  mc.*^ 

III. 
Upon  me,  O  God,  are  thy  vows : 
I  will  render  praises  unto  thee.'' 
For  thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  from  death  : 
Wilt  not  thou  deliver  my  feet  fi'om  falling  ? 
That  I  may  walk  before  God  in  the  light  of  the  living. 

"  Ilcb.  then  shall  be  turned  back  mine  enemies. 

"  Confer  Ps.  xx.  5. 

'^  Ileb.  what  can  do  man  unto  me. 

'*  DPC'S ,  shall  offer  as  a  peace -offei'ing. 


Paut  II.J  THE    BOOK    OF    I'SALMS.  113 


PSALM  LVII. 

To  the  Chief  ^Musician.     Al  Tascliith.      Michtam  of  David. 
When  he  fled  t'roiu  Saul  in  the  cave. 

I. 
Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  God,  have  mercy  upon  mc, 
For  in  thee  is  the  refuge  of  my  soul : " 
Yea,  in  the  shadow  of  thy  wings  shall  I  ha^'e  refuge, 
Until  the  passing  away  of  my  calamities.^ 
I  will  cry  unto  God  Most  High, 
To  God,  who  performeth  all  things  for  mo.'^ 
He  shall  send  from  heaven,  [swallow  mc  up. 

And  shall  save  me  from  the  reproach    of  him   that   would 

SELAH. 

II. 
God''  shall  send  forth  his  mercy  and  his  truth  : 
My  soul  is  in  the  midst  of  lions : 

I  He  among  them  that  are  set  on  fire,  eoen  the  sons  of  men  : 
Their  teeth  are  spears''  and  arrows. 
And  their  tongue  a  sword  that  is  sharp. 

Be  thou  exalted  above  the  heavens,  O  God, 
Above  all  the  earth  thy  glory. 
A  net  they  prepared  for  my  feet : 
My  soul  was  bowed  down :  ^ 

^  Heb.  hath  refuge  my  soul. 

''  Ilcb.  luitil  pass  away  my  calamities. 

'^  In  the  Septviagint,  the  Diaj)salma  here  occurs  :  apparently  dividiuLi; 
the  sense  better.  Still,  though  the  last  two  lines  are  parallel  with  the 
first  of  the  next  division,  the  Heb.  reading  (preserved  in  our  translation) 
appears  to  be  the  true  one :  in  tiie  exordium  the  action  is  future ;  here 
it  is  begun. 

''  Heb.  shall  send  Ibrth  God. 

"  Heb.  a  spear  :  so  reads  one  Heb.  MS.  :  but  tlie  LXX  :ind  icceiv.d 
Heb.  text,  are  singular. 

^  Heb.  was  bowed  down  my  soul. 

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They  digged  before  me  a  pit  : 
They  have  fallen  into  the  midst  of  it. 

SELAH. 

III. 
Fixed  is  my  heart,  (a)  O  God  :  fixed  is  my  heart :  (/>) 
I  will  sing  and  make*  a  psalm,  (c) 
Awake,  my  glory  :  (d) 
Awake,  lute  and  harp : 
1  will  awake  early. 

I  will  give  thanks  to  thee  among  the  people,"  O  Loud  :  (c) 
I  will  (/)  make*  a  psalm  to  thee  among  the  nations. 
For  great  unto  (f/)  the  heavens  is  thy  mercy  : 
And  unto  the  clouds  thy  truth. 

Be  thou  exalted  above  the  licavens,  O  God : 

Above  (A)  all  the  earth  thy  glory. 

=>  Plural  in  Heb. 


(f/)  This  division  is  nearly  identical  with  the  first  part  of  Psalm  cviii. ; 
the  variations  follow  :  — 


omitted  in  one  of  Kenn.  MSS. 
The   Syriac  reads  (as  in  cviii.), 

ni33  for  nin3. 

24  of  Kenn.  MSS.  read  O  Lord. 
21  of  Kenn.  MSS.  read  "And:" 
also  the  Syriac. 

1  of  Kenn.  MSS.  reads  "  above." 

2  of  Kenn.  MSS.  and  the  Sept. 
(obelized),  read  "And  above  :" 
also  the  Syriac. 


Ps.  Ivii. 
(6)  fixed  is  my 

(d)  awake  my  g 

h. 

lory 

Ps.  cviii. 
omitted 
with  my  glory 
omitted 

(e)  0  Lord 

(f)  1  will 

0  Lord 
And  I  Avill 

(g)  unto 
(/()  Above 

above 
And  above 

l^^HT  H.J  THE    1$<)()K    or    I'SALMS.  115 

PSALM  LVIII. 

To  the  Chief  Musician.      Al  Taschith.      Michtam  of  David. 

I. 

Do  ye,  O  ye  congregation,'^  of  righteousness  speak : 
Do  ye  uprightly  judge,  O  sons  of  men  ? 
Yea,  in  your  heart  wickedness  ye  work  : 
On  the  earth  in  violence  loith  your  hands  ye  deal.'' 
The  wicked  are  estranged °  even  from  the  womh: 
They  go  astray,  as  soon  as  they  are  born,  speaking  lies. 
Their  poison  is  like  unto  the  poison  of  a  serpent. 
Like  the  adder  thai  is  deaf,  ivhich  stop})cth  her  eni's. 
Which  will  not  hearken  to  the  voice  of  the  charmers. 
Of  him  that  *enchanteth  with  *  enchantments  wisely. 

II. 

0  God,  *  shatter  their  teeth  in  their  mouths ; 
The  jawbones'^  of  the  lions  break,  O  Lord  : 

Let  them  fall  away  like  waters  which  run  apace :  "^      [pieees.*^ 

He  shooteth  his  arrows ;  let  them  he  as  if  they  were  cut  to 

As  a  snail  that  mclteth,  let  them  pass  away : 

Like  the  untimely  fruit  of  a  woman,  let  them  not  see  the  sun. 

More  quickly  than  your  pots*  can  feel  the  thorn '\ 

Both  living*  and  in  his  wrath  J  his  whirlwind  shall  seize  them. 

°  d'pX  is  a  very  difficult  word.     The  LXX  probably  is  right  :  <h<(i. 

^  weigh,  or  devise.  "  Hob.  are  estranged  the  wicked. 

•*  "  Great  teeth."     Bible  translation,  "  grinders." 

"  Heb.  to  themselves,  107. 

^  Heb.  (as  if)  they  cut  themselves  to  pieces. 

s  Heb.  before  can  feel  your  pots. 

^  Ileb.  can  feel  your  pots,  13^nV  distinguish,  discern,  understand. 

'  This  is  the  English  Bible  translation  of  this  very  obscure  passage. 

1  would  agree  with  those  who  render  it  "  both  the  green  and  the  dry  he 
shall  take  away."  Confer  Ezek.  xxi.  3.,  where  the  idea  is  the  same, 
though  the  terms  employed  arc  different.  Compare,  in  the  last  line  but 
one,  the  contrary  condition  of  the  righteous,  who  sliali  bcir  Cnnt. 

•'  But  one  word  in  Hebrew. 

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116  THE    BOOK   OF    PSALMS.  [Part  11. 

III. 

The  righteous  shall  be  *glad"  when  he  sceth  the  vengeance: 

His  footsteps  shall  lie  wash  in  the  blood  of  the  ungodly. 

So    that    a   man   shall  say,**  Verily    there    is    fruit   for   the 

righteous  : 
Verily  He  is  the  God,  who  judgcth  the  earth. 

»  Heb.  shall  bo  jrlad  the  righteous. 
''  TIt'l).  and  shall  say  a  man. 


Part  11.]  THE    liOUK    OF    I'SALMS.  1  1  7 


PSALM  LIX. 

To  the  Chief  Musician.      Al  Taschith.     Michtam  of  David. 
When  Saul  sent,  and  they  watched  the  liousc  to  kill  him. 

I. 

Deliver  nic  from  mine  enemies,  O  God  : 
From  them  that  rise  against  me  set  me  on  higli : 
Deliver  me  from  the  workers  of  iniquity. 
And  from  the  men  of  blood  save  me. 

For  lo,  they  lie  waiting  for  my  soul : 
They  arc  gathered  against  mc,  the  mighty  men  : 
Not  Jor  my  transgression,  nor^br  my  sin,  O  LuRD  : 
Without  my  fault  they  run  and  prepare  themselves. 

Arise  to  help"^  me,  and  behold  : 

Even  thou,  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel: 
Awake  to  visit  all  the  heathen : 
Be  not  merciful  to  all  that  offend  wickedly. 

SELAH. 

II. 

They  will  return  in  the  evening, 

They  will  make  a  noise  like  a  dog, 

And  go  round  about  the  city. 
Behold,  they  belch  out  with  their  mouth; 
Swords  are  in  tlieir  lips  : 
For  who  doth  hear  ? 

But  thou,  O  Lord,  shalt  laugh  at  them  : 
Thou  shalt  have  in  derision  all  the  heathen. 
My  strength,  on  thee  will  1  wait :  ^ 

*  "  to  meet  me  :"  m;irg.  Eng.  Ijible,  *nX"ip7- 

^  )]]},  the  common  rending,  is   unintelligible  ;  and  therefore,  with  our 
Prayer  Book,  the  LXX,  and  7  or  i)  ol"  Kennieott's,  anil  5  of  De  Kossi's 


118  THE    HOOK    OF    I'.SALMS.  [Part  II. 

Fur  God  is  my  high  place : 

The  God  of "  my  mercy  shall  prevent  me  :  [me. 

God  shall  make  me  *look  upon  those  *who  watch  for 
Destroy  ^them  not,  lest  my  *^  people  forget  it : 
Scatter  them  by  thy  power. 

And  liring  them  down,  thou  who  art  our  shield,  O  LORi). 
O  ''the  sin  of  their  mouth  ! 
O  the  words  of  their  lips  ! 
They  shall  be  even  taken  in  their  pride, 
And  for  the  cursing  and  lying  which  they  speak. 
Consume  them  in  thy  wrath. 
Consume  them,  and  they  shall  not  be : 
And  they  shall  know  that  God  ruleth  in  Jacob, 
Even  unto  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

SELAII. 

III. 
And  they  will  return  in  the  evening ; 
They  will  make  a  noise  like  a  dog, 
And  go  round  about  the  city  : 
They  will  wander  for  meat  : 

If  they  be  not  satisfied,  then  they  will  stay  all  nigiit. 
But  as  for  me,  1  Avill  sing  of  thy  power. 
And  I  Avill  praise  in  the  morning  thy  mercy  : 
For  thou  hast  been  a  *liigh  place  to  me. 
And  a  refuge  in  the  day  of  trouble  to  me. 
My  sti'ength,  to  thee  will  I  sing ; 
For  God  is  my  high  place, 
The  God  of  my  mercy. 

MSS.,  I  read  >Ty-  Thu  passage  is  literally  "his  strength  for  thee  will  I 
keep ; "  which  might  mean  "  I  will  leave  his  ungodly  violence  to  be  dealt 
with  by  thee."  But  this  is  forced :  to  KpdroQ  ^uv  wpoc  ni  <pv\dKio  is  the 
LXX.  Were  there  any  authority  for  niDTN  ,  instead  of  mDK'X ,  I 
would  read  it,  with  the  Syriac,  Michaelis,  Doederlin,  and  Koehler. 

"  non  for  non ,  with  the  Bible  translation,  40  of  Kennicott's,  and 
many  of  De  Rossi's  MSS. 

'■  DJin  :  has  this  any  thing  to  say  to  the  Title,  Al  Taschith  ? 

"^  Ileb.  forget  it  my  people. 

''  This  rendering  has  ))een  adopted  as  apparently  most  consistent  with 
the  imprecation  which  Ibllows. 


Pakt  ll.J  Tin:     15()(»lv     •)!•     I'.SAIv.M.s.  11«J 


PSALM  LX. 

To  tlic  Chief  Musician  upon  Shushan  Edutli.  Michtam  of 
David:  to  teach.  AVhen  he  strove  with  *the  Syrians  of 
Naharaini  and  *  the  Syrians  of  Zobah  ;  when  Joab  returned, 
and  smote  of  Edom  in  the  valley  of  salt  two  thousand. 

I. 

0  God,  thou  hast  cast  us  off:   thou  hast  broken  us  : 

Thou  hast  been  displeased  :   O  return  to  us.  [asunder  : 

Thou"  hast  made  the  eax'th  to  tremble:   *thou  hast  rent  it 
Heal  the  breaches  thereof:  for  it  shakcth. 

Tiiou  hast  shewed  thy  people  heaviness  : 
Thou  hast  made  us  to  drink  the  wine  of  astonishment. 
Thou  hast  given  to  them  that  fear  thee  an  *  ensign,^ 
That  it  may  be  *  a  sign  because  of  the  truth. 

SELAII. 

II. 

That  {(i)  thy  "^ beloved  may  be  delivered, 
Save  with  thy  right  hand,  and  hear  me. 
God  hath  spoken  in  his  holiness  : 

1  will  rejoice :  I  will  divide  Sichem  : 
And  the  valley  of  Succoth  I  will  mete  out. 

"  Ileb.  thou  hast  made  to  tremble  the  earth. 

''  These  two  words  "sign"  and  "ensign,"  are  so  translated  in  order  to 
express  the  similarity  of  the  wonls  in  the  Ileb.,  which  arc  botii  from  tlie 
same  root,  DD. 

'^  Heb.  may  be  delivered  thy  beloved. 


(fl)  The  second  part  of  this  Psalm  resembles  the  second  part  of  the 
cviii.  The  variations  are  as  follows,  the  letters  between  brackets  referring 
to  the  text  above  :  — 

I    4 


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[Part  H. 


Mine  is  Gilead,  (b)  and  miue  is  Manasseh : 

And  Ephraini  is  the  strength  of  my  head. 

Judah  is  my  lawgiver. 

Moab  is  my  washpot : 

Over  Edom  will  I  cast  out  my  shoe : 

Because  of  me,  Philistia,  (c)  triumph  tliou. 

Who  will  bring  me  into  the  city  of  strength  ? 

Who  will  lead  me  into  Edom  ? 

Wilt  not  (d)  thou,  O  God,  who  didst  cast  us  ofif? 

And  ^thoii  O  God,  icho  didst  not  go  forth  with  our  hosts? 

Give  imto  us  help  from  trouble  : 

For  vain  is  the  salvation  of  man. 

Through  God  we  shall  do  valiantly : 

And  he  it  is  that  shall  tread  down  *them  that  trouble  us. 

*  Heb.  and  didst  not  so  forth,  O  God. 


Ps.  Lx. 

(6)  and  mine 


Ps.  cviii. 


(c)  triumph  thou      will  I  triumph 


(d)  thou 


thou  omitted 


3  of  Kenn.  MSS.  read  with  Ps. 
cviii. 

1  of  Kenn.  MSS.  reads  with  Ps. 
cviii.  ;  the  Septuagint  reads  in 
the  third  person  plural,  but 
gives  it  a  different  iuterpreta- 
tion,  as  aWoovXoi  tnvt-uyijaai', 
as  in  Psalm  cviii.  The  Syriac, 
I  will  triumph. 

Omitted  in  2  of  Kenn.  MSS. 


Part  II.]  THE    BOOK   OF    PSALMS.  121 


PSALM  LXI. 

To  the  Chief  Musician.     On  Xeginah.     Of  David. 

I. 
Hear,  O  God,  mv  crying: 
Attend  unto  mj  prayer. 
From  the  end  of  the  earth  to  thee  will  I  cry. 
In  the  overwhelming  of  my  heart. 
To  the  rock  that  is  higher  than  I  lead  me : 
For  thou  hast  been  a  *  refuge  to  me, 
A  tower  of  strength  from  the  face  of  the  enemy. 
I  would  abide  in  thy  tabernacle  for  ever : 
I  would  take  refuge  in  the  covering  of  thy  wings. 

SELAH. 

II. 
For  thou.  O  God,  hast  heard  my  vows  :  [Xame. 

Thou   hast   given   ?we  the   heritage^  of  those   that   fear  thy 
Days  to  the  days  of  the  King  shalt  thou  add : 
His  years  shall  be  as  ** generations  and  generations. 
He  shall  dwell  for  ever  in  the  *  presence  of  God : 
Mercy  and  Truth  do  thou  '^prepare :  they  shall  preserve  him. 
So  shall  I  *make  a  psalm  to  thy  Xame  for  ever. 
That  I  may  perform  my  vows  day  by  dsiy. 

*  That  is,  the  kingdom  of  thy  chosen  people  Israel :  Dathe. 

^  Heb.  generation  and  generation. 

'^  The  word  fo ,  here  rendered  "  prepare "  is  supposed  by  Abp. 
Seeker,  and  Bp.  Lovrth  (as  Dr.  Kennicott  remarks),  to  have  been  »D  , 
or,  '"from  the  Lord,"  '  being  a  contraction  for  nin'. 


122  THE    BOOK    UF    I'SALxMS.  [Paut  U. 


PSALM  LXII. 

To  the  Chief  Musician,  to  Jcduthun:   a  r«alin  of  David. 


Truly  upon  God  waiteth  my  soul :  ^ 

From  him  is  my  salvation. 

Truly  *  He  is  my  rock,  and  my  salvation : 

My  high  place :   I  shall  not  be  moved  greatly. 

How  long  will  ye  imagine  mischief  against  a  man  ? 
Ye  shall  be  slain  all  of  you : 
As  a  wall  that  is  tottering, 
As  a  hedge  that  is  *  cast  down. 

Truly*  from  his  exaltation  they  consult  to  cast  him  down 

They  delight  in  lying : 

"With  their  mouth  they  bless : 

But  in  their  *  inmost  thought  they  curse.^ 

SELAH. 

II. 

Truly*  upon  God  waiteth  ^my  soul: 
For  from  him  is  my  hope. 
Truly  *  He  is  my  rock  and  my  salvation : 
My  high  place :  I  shall  not  be  moved. 

In  God  is  my  salvation  and  my  glory  : 

The  rock  of  my  might:   my  refuge  is  in  God. 

Trust  in  him  at  all  times,  ye  people  : 


»  Vide  Ps,  xlix.  12. :    Dlip- 

'■  Ileb.  wait,  my  soul.      But  5   of  Kennicott's   MSS.  agree  with   the 
reading  given  here. 


Paut  II.]  THE    Ii(J()K    OF    I'.SALMS.  I2;i 

Pour  out  before  hiui  your  hearts : 
God  is  a  refuge  for  us. 

SELAH. 

III. 

Truly*  vanity  are  the  **8ons  of  Adam  : 

A  lie  are  the  *sons  of  men  :^ 

In  <=the  balances  they  are  lighter  than  vanity  itself.  ' 

Trust  not  in  oppression : 

And  in  robbery  become  not  vain : 

Upon  riclies,  if  they  increase,  set  not  your  heart. 

Once  ®  God  hath  spoken  : 

Twice  this  I  have  heard, 

That  power  belongetli  unto  God : 

And  that  to  thee,  Lord,  hdomjcth  mercy  : 

For  Thou  shalt  reward  a  man  according  to  his  work. 

"  That  is,  "  men  of  low  degree  —  men  of  high  degree." 
•"  Another  resemblance  to  Ps.  xlix. 

'^  Literally,  "  in  the  balances,  (in)  the  lifting   up,  they  arc   equal   to 
vanity  : "  {i.  e-  in  the  ascending  of  the  light  scale.) 

'"    The  LXX,  ilitvvtiq  01  v\o\  tCji'  di'9pwTT0Jt'  iv  ^tvyoT^  tov  duk-riaui  .   ai'Tvi 

£/c  i-taTcuuTijro^  tTTiToavTo  :  reading  for  D)7]}7  ,  ascending,  ni?iy?  ,  oppres- 
sions. 

"^  Heb.  hath  spoken  God. 

***  "jX ,  "  truly,"  is  the  characteristic  woi'd  of  this  Psalm. 


124  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Paut  II. 


PSALM  LXIILf 

A  Psalm  of  David,  when  he  was  in  the  wilderness  of  Judca. 

1. 

0  God,  my  God  art  tliou : 

1  will  seek  thee  early : 

My  '"'soul  thirsteth  for  thee  : 

My  ^  flesh  longeth  after  thee. 

In  a  land  of  drought  and  barrenness, 

Where  no  water  is. 

2. 

As  •'in  the  sanctuary  I  have  seen  thcc, 

So  iooukl  I  behold  thy  power  and  thy  glory ; 

For  better  is  thy  *  mercy  than  life. 

]\Iy  lips  shall  *  boast  of  thoe  : 

Thus  will  I  bless  thee  while  I  live : 

In  thy  Name  will  I  lift  up  my  hands. 

As  with  marrow  and  fatness  my  soul  shall  be  satisfied  ;'^ 

And  witli  lips  that  *sing  for  joy  my  mouth  shall  give  praise.^ 

3. 

When  I  remember  thee  in  my  bed, 

In  the  7i/'f/ht  watches  I  meditate  on  thee. 

For  thou  hast  been  a  help  to  mc, 

And  under  the  shadow  of  thy  wings  I  will  *sing  fur  joy. 


f  t^'Q3  "  soul,"  is  the  characteristic  word  oi'tliis  l's:ilin. 
"  Ileb.  thirsteth  for  thee  my  soul. 
''  Ileb.  longeth  after  thee  my  Ilcsh. 

"  Or,  "  as  in  the  sanctuary  I  iiave  soon  ihcc,  to  behold  thy  power  and 
,d(iry." 
''    Ileb.  shall  l)c  sali.slied  my  soul. 
"   llel).  shall  uMve  praise  my  mouth. 


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My  "soul  liangcth  on  thcc  : 

On  ^nic  thy  right  hand  *takcth  hold. 

4. 

But  as  for  those  who  for  " destruction  seek  my  soul, 

They  shall  go  into  the  lower  parts  of  the  earth. 

lie  '^shall  make  them  fall  by  the  hands  of  the  sword; 

A  portion  for  foxes  they  shall  be. 

But  the  King  shall  rejoice  in  God : 

And  ''every  one  who  sweareth  by  him  shall  give  praise: 

For  ^the  mouth  shall  be  stopped  of  them  that  speak  lies. 

"  Ileb.  hangetb  upon  thee  uiy  suul. 
''  lleb.  on  me  taketh  hold  tliy  right  hand. 

"^  fi'c  fic'trijt' :  LXX.     The  word  HNICv  will  bear  this  construction. 
''  The  margin  of  the  English  Bible  remarks  that  it  means  literally, 
"  They  shall  make  him  run  out  (like  water),"  &c. 
"  licb.  and  shall  give  praise,  &c. 
•■  Heb.  for  shall  be  stopped,  &c. 


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PSALM  LXIV. 

To  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psahn  of  David. 

I. 

Hear,  O  God,  my  voice  in  ray  supplication: 

From  fear  of  the  enemy  preserve  my  life : 

Thou  shalt  hide  me  from  the  secret  counsel  of  the  wicked. 

From  the  *  insurrection  of  the  workers  of  iniquity  : 

Who  have  whet,  like  a  sword,  their  tongue : 

They  shoot  out  their  ^  arrows,  a  speech  of  bitterness : 
That  they  may  *  hit  in  secret  the  perfect : 
Suddenly  they  hit  him,  and  do  not  fear. 

They  '^encourage  themselves  in  a  s[)eech  of  wickedness, 

They  commune  of  privily  laying  snares  : 

They  say,  who  shall  see  them? 

They  search  out  mischief: 

They  accomplish  a  *  seai'ching  search :  [is  deep. 

And  "^the  inward  tlioucjlit  of  each  man,  and  of  A/.v  heart, 

II. 

But  •=  God  shall  *  hit  them  with  an  arrow ; 

Sudden  shall  ^be  their  wounds  :  [themselves  : 

Yea,    their    ^own    tongue    shall   make   them   f'iill   upon 
And  they  shall  flee  away,  all  who  see  them. 
And  ''all  men  shall  fear,  and  declare  the  Avork  of  God: 
And  his  doing  they  shall  consider.  [him : 

The  righteous  shall  be  glad  in  the  LouD,  and  trust  in 
And  they  shall  praise  him,  all  the  upright  in  heart. 

"  Ileb.  a  feathering  together :  the  former  private,  tliis  public. 
''  Ileb.  arrow.  "  Heb.  strengthen. 

■'  3"lp,  a  word  of  frequent  occurrence  in  the  circumjacent  Psahns.    ^'i(le 
Ts.  xlix.  V.  11. 

^-  Ileb.  shall  hit  them  (4od. 

^  VH)  enn)hatic. 

B  Ilfb.  shall  make  them  fall  upon  themselves  (heir  own  longuc. 

'"   Ileb.  an<l  shall  fear  all  men  :   or,  "  every  man." 


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PSALM  LXV. 
To  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm  of  David.     A  Song. 

For  thcc  waiteth"  praise,  O  God,  in  Sion  : 

And  unto  thee  shall  be  performed  the  \()w.'' 

Thou  that  hearest  the  prayer, 

To  thee  all  flesh  shall  come. 

Words'^  of  iniquity  prevail  against  me  : 

As  for  our  transgressions,  thou  shalt  cover  thorn. 

Happy  *  is  he  whom  thou  chooscst,  and  rcceivest ;  '^ 
lie  shall  dwell  in  thy  courts : 

We*^  shall  be  satisfied  with  the  goodness  of  thy  house, 
Of  thy  holy  Temple. 

By  fearful  things  in  righteousness  wilt  thou  answer  us,  () 
God  of  our  salvation  : 
The  *  trust  of  all  the  *  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth,'' 
And  of  the  seas  afar  oft' :  ^ 

Who  setteth  fast  the  *  hills  by  his  *  might, 
Beino;  o;irdcd  about  with  *strenoth: 
Who  stillcth  the  raging  of  the  seas, 
The*  raging  of  their  waves,  and  the  tumult  of  the  people. 

"  Or,  "belongeth  :"   n"'D~I,  -^jj-h,  LXX  ;  docct,  A^ilg. 

^  "In  Jerusalem"  occurs  in  the  Prayer  Book  only.  But  it  is  wanting 
to  complete  the  parallelism,  as  Dr.  Kennicott  justly  observes.  ]\Iani- 
feste  nunc  deest  vox,  Q?£^'n^3  ;  cum  textu  Ileb.  hodierno  conscn- 
tivmt  versiones  Gracca  et  Syriaca,  in  Bibl.  Polyg.  Walton  :  at  Vulgata, 
ct  Ethiopica,  et  Arabioa  habent  in  Jerusalem.  Etsi  vero  codex  Vati- 
canus  loctionom  hanc  necessarian!  non  habet,  Editiones  tainon  Cnnipln- 
sia  et  Aldina  cam  conservarunt.     Diss.  "Goner.  §  89. 

'^  Or,  "  things." 

''  3"ip,  "  causest  to  approach  :"  Eng.  Bible. 

•^  Or.  "he  shall  be  :  "  riI?3L"3. 

f,  «   (/.  ^TriasTand  Wost~ 


128  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Paht  II. 

They  shall  be  afraid,  who  dwell  in  the  uttermost  parts,  of  thy 
tokens. 

The  outgoings  of  morning  and  evening  thou  makest  to  sing 
for  joy  : 

Thou  dost  visit  the  earth,  and  *  moisten  it : 

Thou  makest  it  very  plenteous  : 

The  river  of  God  is  full  of  water  : 

Thou  preparest  their  corn, 

When  thou  hast  so  *  prepared  it.'' 

Her  ridges  thou  dost  *  saturate  : 

Thou  sendest  rain  into  her  furrows  : 

With  showers  thou  dost  soften  it : 

The  increase  of  it  thou  dost  bless. 

Thou  crownest  the  year  with  thy  goodness ; 

And  thy  clouds^  drop  fatness. 

They  drop  upon  the  pleasant  places  of  tlic  wilderness, 

And  with  joy  the  little  hills  are  girded. 

The  pastures  °  are  clothed  with  sheep  ; 

And  the  valleys  are  covered  with  corn  : 
They  shout  for  joy  ;  yea,  they  sing. 

"  That  is,  thou  preparest  the  corn,  when  the  earth  has  boon  ]iroparc(l 
to  receive  the  seed. 

''  "  goings,"  or  "  paths,"  "|'7iytD- 
"^  Heb.  are  clothed  the  pastures. 


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PSALM  LXVL 

To  the  Chief  Musician.      A  Song  of  a  Ps;\hn. 

I. 

Make  a  joyful  noise  to  God,  all  the  earth  : 
Make*  a  psalm  to  the  *  glory  of  his  Name: 
Make  glorious  his  praise. 

Say  vuito  God,  To*  he  feared  in  thy  works  mt  thou: 
In  the  greatness  of  thy  power  shall  thine  enemies  be  lound 
liars'"  unto  thee. 
All  the  earth  shall  worship  thee,  and  *  make  a  psalm  to  thee ; 
They  shall  *make  a  psalm  to  thy  Name. 

SELAH. 

II. 

O  come,  and  see  the  works  of  God, 

Fearful*  in  his  doing  toward  the  *sons  of  men. 

He  turned  the  sea  into  dry  lanxl: 

Through  the  flood  they  went  through  on  foot ; 

There  were  we  *glad  in  him. 

He  ruleth  by  his  *  might  for  ever ; 

His  eyes  the  nations  do  behold : 

The  rebellious  shall  not  exalt  themselves.^ 

SELAII. 

III. 
Bless,  O  ye  people,  our  God  ; 
And  make  to  be  heard  the  voice  of  his  praise ; 
Who  holdeth  our  soul  in  life,*^ 
And  sufFercth  not  our  feet  to  be  moved. '^ 

"  Ileb.  shall  be  found  liars  to  thee  thine  enemies.     "  Blandienfur  ;  " 
Dathe. 

''  Heb.  for  themselves  :  i.e.  for  their  own  advantage. 
'^  Ileb.  lives  :  lonc^  life. 

^  Heb.  and  givcth  not  to  be  moved  our  feet. 

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130  THE   BOOK   OF   PSALMS.  [Part  II. 

For  thou  hast  proved  us,  O  God  ; 

Thou  hast  tried  us,  as  silver  is  tried  :  * 

Thou  broughtest  us  into  the  snare ; 

Thou  laidest  trouble  upon  our  loins  ; 

Thou  sufFeredst  men  to  ride  over  our  heads  ; 

We  went  through  fire  and  water  ; 

But  thou  broughtest  us  out  into  a  place  of  wealth.'' 

I  will  go  into  thine  house  with  burnt  oiFerings ; 

I  will  pay  thee  ray  vows,  which  my  lips  have  uttered,*^ 

And  my  mouth  hath  spoken,'^  when  trouble  was  upon  me. 

The  *  offerings  of  fatlings  I  will  offer  unto  thee : 

I  will  *  prepare  bullocks  with  goats. 

SELAH. 
IV. 

O  come,  hearken,  and  I  will  declare,  all  ye  that  fear  God, 

What  he  hath  done  for  my  soul. 

To  him  with  my  mouth  I  called. 

And  he  Avas  *  exalted  ivith  my  tongue. 

If  I  regard  iniquity*  in  ray  heart. 

The  Lord  will  not  hear  me.^ 

Verily  God  hath  heard  me ;  ^ 

He  hath  attended  to  the  voice  of  my  prayer. 

Blessed  be  God,  who  hath  not  cast  out  my  prayer, 

Nor  turned  away  his  mercy  from  me. 

°  Heb.  is  tried  silver. 
''  Or,  a  place  saturated  with  rain. 
"  Heb.  have  uttered  my  lips. 
•'  Ileb.  hath  spoken  my  mouth. 
*  Heb.  iniquity  if  I  regard. 
'  Heb.  will  not  hear  the  Lord- 
«  Heb.  hath  heard  me  God. 


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PSALM  LXVII. 

To  the  Chief  Musician  on  Neginoth.     A  Psalm  of  a  Song. 

I. 

God  be  merciful  unto  us,  and  bless  us ; 
Let  the  light  of  his  countenance  be  with  us. 

SELAII. 
II. 

For  the  knowledge  upon  earth  of  thy  way, 
Among  all  the  *  heathen  thy  *  salvation. 
Let  the  people  praise"  thee,  O  God  : 
Let  all  the  people  praise  thee :  ^ 
Let  the  nations  be  glad  and  sing  for  joy, 
For  thou  shalt  judge  the  people  righteously. 
And  the  nations  upon  earth  shalt  thou  lead. 

SELAH. 

III. 

Let  the  people  praise  thee,*^  O  God ; 

Let  all  the  people  praise  thee  :  ® 
The  earth  shall  give  her  increase  : 
God,  even  our  own  God,  shall  bless  us  :  ^ 
God  shall  bless  us  :  ^ 
And  they  shall  fear  him,  all  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

"  Heb.  let  praise  thee  the  peoples. 
^  Heb.  let  praise  thee  the  peoples  all. 
•=  Heb.  be  glad  ami  sing  for  joy  the  nations. 
•'  =  Heb.  let  praise  thee,  &c. :  as  before. 
^  Heb.  shall  bless  us,  God,  our  own  God 
*  Heb.  shall  bless  iis  God. 


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132  THE   BOOK   OF    PSALMS.  [Part  II. 


PSALM  LXVII. 

(^Another  arrangement.^ 

God  be  merciful  unto  us,  and  bless  us : 
Let  the  light  of  his  countenance  be  with  us.     Selah. 
For  the  knowledge  upon  earth  of  thy  ways : 
Among  all  the  *  heathen  thy  *  salvation. 
Let  the  people  praise  thee,  O  God ; 
Let  all  the  people  praise  thee. 

Let  the  *  heathen  be  glad,  and  sing  for  joy: 
For  thou  shalt  judge  the  people  righteously. 
And  the  nations  upon  earth  shalt  thou  lead.      Selah. 
Let  the  people  praise  thee,  O  God ; 
Let  all  the  ])eople  praise  thee. 
The  earth  shall  give  her  increase, 
God,  even  our  own  God,  shall  bless  us : 
God  shall  bless  us  : 
And  they  shall  fear  him,  all  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

*^,*  The  above  arrangement  is  given,  as  apparently  the  most  regular 
to  the  eye.  Still  it  is  apprehended  that  the  former  arrangement  is  most 
harmonious  as  regards  the  sentiment. 


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PSALM  LXVIII. 
To  the  Chief  Musician.     Of  David.     A  Psalm  of  a  Song.  • 

I. 

Let  ^  God  arise  :  let  his  enemies  be  scattered  ; 

And  "^let  them  that  hate  him  flee  before  him. 

Like  the  driving  away  of  smoke. 

So  drive  them  away, 

Like  the  melting  of  wax  before  the  fire, 

So  Het  the  wicked  perish  before  God. 

But  let  the  righteous  be  glad  :  let  them  rejoice  before  God  : 
Yea,  let  them  be  merry  with  gladness  : 

Sing  unto  God,  *makc  a  psalm  to  his  Name  :  [Jau,* 

Magnify''  him  that  rideth  upon  the  heavens,  *by  his  Name 
And  rejoice  before  him. 

A  Father  of  the  fatherless,  and  a  judge  of  the  widows 

Is  God,  in  the  habitation  of  his  holiness. 

God  setteth  the  '*  solitary  in  a  house  : 

He  bringeth  out  those  that  are  bound  in  chains :  * 

ButJ  the  rebellious  dwell  in  a  dry  land. 

"  >JQ  is  a  characteristic  word  in  tliis  Psalm. 

'*  Heb.  let  arise  (iod  :  be  scattered,  &c. 

*^  Heb.  and  let  them  flee  that  hate  him  before  him. 

"^  Ileb.  perish  the  wicked.  "  i'?D,  vide  Dissert,  i.  §  1. 

^  nmy ,  "deserts:"  Lowth,  llornc,  Chandler,  Merrick:  but  Deut. 
xxxiii.  16.  militates  against  this.  Tlie  word  is  not  there  the  same,  how- 
ever. Still  the  parallel  passage  in  v.  2i).  confirms  this  reading.  intSva- 
fjiioi',  LXX  ;  "  the  East,"  the  Syriuc  ;  "  the  desert,"  Dathe. 

8  Ileb.  Jah,  his  name. 

•^  The  Prayer  Book  translation  is  probably  right  :  □•Tfl'  will 
bear  the  meaning  of  being  "  of  one  mind  :  "  at  unity. 

'  ti>  di'epdif.  LXX;   X*3,  meaning  "to  prosper." 

J  -|S,  "  surely." 

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134  THE    BOOK   OF    PSALMS.  [Pabt  II. 

O  God,  when  thou  wentest  forth  before  thy  people. 
When  thou  didst  march  through  the  wilderness : 

SELAH. 

II. 

The  earth  shook:  the  *heavene  also  dropped  at  the  presence 
of  God, 

Sinai  **  itself  at  the  presence  of  God,  the  God  of  Israel. 

A  rain  of  plenty  thou  didst  send,  O  God,  upon  thine  in- 
heritance. 

And  when  she  was  weary,  it  was  thou  iclio  didst  refresh  her : 

Thy  '^ congregation  shall  dwell  therein  -.'^ 

Thou  hast  prepared,  in  thy  goodness,  for  the  poor,  O  God. 

The  Lord  shall  give  the  word  :  '^ 

Of  the  ^ women  who  publish  it  the  multitude  shall  be  great: 
Kings  of  armies  shall  flee,  shall  flee. 

And  she  that  tarrieth  at  home  shall  divide  the  spoil. 

Though  ^ye  have  lien  among  the  pots,  ye  shall  be  as  the 

wings  of  a  dove. 
Covered  with  silver,  and  her  feathers  like  yellow  gold. 
When'^  the  Almighty  scattered  kings  in  it, 
It  was  as  white  as  snow  in  Salmon.^ 

°  Heb.  also  the  heavens. 

**  Heb.  that  Sinai. 

'^  'Com  (Tov  :  LXX.  That  is,  "  quails  :"  Schnurrer  :  butMichaelis  shews 
that  the  Avord  "jnTI  is  from  the  Arab,  nin  >  to  collect  together,  not  from 
r\m ,  to  live. 

^  Future,  according  to  the  LXX,  and  our  translation. 

«  "promise:"  Dathe. 

'  Heb.  the  publishers  (in  the  feminine  gender). 

s  "Though  ye  have  lien:"  "  Profecto  recumbetur  inter  aquarum 
canales,  inter  alas  columbarum  argento  obductaruni,"  &c.  :  Dathe.  lie 
thinks  the  two  favourite  occupations  of  tending  cattle  by  the  water  side, 
and  the  care  of  doves,  are  alluded  to !  There  is  much  less  obscurity 
and  more  consistency  in  our  translation. 

^  Heb.  when  scattered  the  Almighty. 

'  Dathe  remarks  that  the  Chaldee  gives  it  ri10?V,  tenebraj.  That 
is,  "  it  was  as  white  as  snow  in  the  dark   places."     But  he  states  a  diffi- 


Part  II.]  THE    BOOK   OF   PSALMS.  135 

A  hill  of  God  is  the  hill  of  Bashan  : 

A  hill  of  heights  is  the  hill  of  Bashan. 

Why  leap  ye,  ye  hills  of  height  ? 

This  hill  *God  hath  dcsii-ed  to  dwell  in, 

Yea,  the  Lord  will  abide  in  it  for  ever.  [thousands  :  ^ 

The  chariots  of  God  are  twenty  thousand,  thousands  upon 

The  Lord  is  among  thein,  in  "Sinai,  in  the  holy  place. 

Thou  art  gone  up  on  high  : 

Thou  hast  led  captive  captivity  : 

Thou  hast  received  gifts  for  men  :  '^  [among  them. 

Yea,  even  for  the  rebellious,  that  the  Lord  "^God  might  dwell 

Blessed  be  the  Lord  day  by  day  ; 

He  shall  load  us  with  benefits^ 

Even  the  God  of  our  salvation. 

SELAH. 

III. 
He  is  a  God  to  us,  the  God  of  whom  cometh  salvation,^ 
And  unto  the  *  Lord  our  Lord  belong  the  issues  of  death.*^ 
But  God  shall  wound  the  head  of  his  enemies. 
The  ^ hairy  scalp  of  him  that  goeth  on  still  in  his  trespasses. 
The  ^LoRD  hath  said.   From   Bashan  I   will  *make   them 
return ; 

culty,  from  the  unusual  occurrence  of  a  verb  impersonal  feminine. 
Vide  Dr.  Hales,  Analysis  of  Chron.  i.  402.  He  considers  "  Salmon  "  to  be 
the  same  as  "  Hashnionah,"  or  "Azmon,"  a  station  of  the  Israelites  in 
Arabia,  rendered  StX/uojj-a  in  the  LXX.  Numbers,  xxxiii.  41.  Dr.  Liyht- 
foot  (Chorogr.  Decad.  v.  §  2.)  supposes  Salmonah  to  be  a  tract  or 
mountain  near  Sychem,  and  refers  to  Judges,  v.  48. 

"  Heb.  hath  desired  God. 

^  Heb.  "  thousands  repeated."  Our  Prayer  Book  reads  "  angels," 
reading  probably  "JJt^C'  for  "]SyL:',  with  tiie  LXX  :    iveip'ovvnov. 

c  Qix ,  "  man."  St.  Paul,  in  his  Ep.  to  the  Ephes.,  corrects  the  LXX 
interpretation,  and  renders  it  tt\<iKi  cofiara  rolg  dv9pM-oiq  ;  wliich  reading 
of  tc'w^■f  is  confirmed  by  the  Arabic  ;  Kcnn.Diss.  Gen.  §  44. 

^  Heb.  might  dwell  the  Lord  God. 

e  Heb.  salvations. 

f  Heb.  to  death  the  issues. 

e  Heb.  scalp  of  hair. 

"  Heb.  hath  said  the  Lord. 

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136  THE    BOOK    OF   PSALMS.  [Part  II. 

I  will  *make  them  return  from  the  depths  of  the  sea : 

That  "thy  foot  may  be  (lipped  in  blood, 

And  the  tongue  of  thy  dogs,  from  thine  enemies,  in  the  same. 

They  have  seen  thy  goings,  O  God, 

The  goings  of  my  God,  my  King,  in  the  sanctuary. 

First  ^go  to  the  singers,  then  follow  the  minstrels,  [timbrels. 

In    the   midst   are  the    psalteries  witli  the    players    on    the 

In  the  "^congregation  bless  ye  God, 

Even  the  Lord,  from  the  fountain  of  Israel. 

There  is  <i  little  Benjamin,  their  ruler. 

The  princes  of  Judah,  their  council,® 

The  princes  of  Zebulon,  the  princes  of  Nepthali. 

Thy  God  hath  commanded^  thy  strength  : 

Strengthen,  O  God,  that  which  thou  hast  wrought  for  us. 

Because  of  thy  Temple  at  Jerusalem, 

To  thee  shall  kings  bring  presents.^ 

Rebuke  the  beasts  of  the  reeds,'^ 

The  multitude  of  bulls  among  the  calves  of  the  people,' 

Till  every  one  submit  himself  with  pieces  of  silver,J 

"  Heb.  may  be  dipped  thy  foot.  The  construction  of  this  clause  Is  very 
obscure. 

"  Observe  the  musical  terms,  mio'py,  D''JJ3.  DnC ;  and  ^D ,  at  the  be- 
ginning. 

*■'  Heb.  congregation.  "^  Ileb.  Benjamin  little. 

^  r'lyt^ovtg :  LXX,  "  their  bulwark,"  i'pKOf^  A  y«iwj'  :  Parkh. 

*"  Heb.  hath  commanded  thy  God. 

^  Heb.  to  thee  shall  bring  Kings  presents. 

•^  Heb.  reed.  —  "  Beast  of  the  reeds,"  &c. :  "  Perde  feram  arundinis, 
ccetum  aurorum,  vitulos  populorum,  coneulcantcs,  bonorum  direptores  :" 
Dathe.  "  Egyptian,"  according  to  Bp.  Home,  Mr.  Parkhurst,  Mr.  Mer- 
rick, &c.,  Avhich  meaning  seems  borne  out  by  the  context. 

'  Heb.  peoples. 

J  Our  translation  of  the  line  "  till  every  one,"  &c.,  is  not  borne  out  by 
any  authority.  The  verb  itself  is  in  Hith])aliel,  and  signifies  in  Kal,  to 
trample  on.  Bythnor  and  Bp.  Home  understand  it,  those  who  skij)  about, 
or  exult  in  silver  ornaments,  alluding  to  the  sistra  of  the  idolatrous 
Egyptians.  But  the  verb  is  not  plural,  and  therefore  Mr.  Parkhurst  makes 
it  agree  with  QTI^K-     Bp.  Lowth,  in  his  notes  on  Pra?l.  vi.,  rightly  ob- 


Part  II.]  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  137 

Scatter  thou  the  people  tliat  in  war  delight. 
Princes  shall  come*  out  of  Egypt : 
Cush*  shall  stretch  out  her  hands  unto  God. 
O  ye  kingdoms  of  the  earth,  sing  unto  God  : 
Make*  a  psalm  unto  the  Lord: 

SELAH. 

IV. 

To  him  that  rideth  uj)on  the  heaven  of  heavens  of  old : 

Lo,  he  doth  send  out  his  voice,  a  voice  of  strength. 

Ascribe  ye  strength  to  God: 

Over  Israel  is  his  excellency, 

And  his  strength  is  in  the  clouds. 

To*  be  feared  art  thou,  O  God,  in  thy  holy  places: 

The  God  of  Israel  is  He  that  glveth  strength  and  power  to 

the  people. 
Blessed  be  God. 


serves,  that  the  verb  is  here  distributive,  and  signifies  "  each  one,"  which 
answers  Mr.  Parkhurst's  objection:  and  understands  this  to  mean  "the 
beasts  of  the  reed  disturbing  tlie  silver  stream  :  "  (> VT  from  |*1~)',  Arab. : 
potum  prsebere,)  i.e.  the  Jewish  people.  But  he  adds  another  interpre- 
tation, which  corresponds  to  that  of  Bp.  Home  and  others:  "the  beast 
of  the  reeds,"  J.  e.  the  Egyptians,  worshippers  of  bulls  and  calves:  021 
is  those  who  "  ad  saltandum  se  excitant : "  the  word  being  only  read  in 
one  other  place  besides  this  :  Prov.  vi.  3.,  ("  festina,"  or  "  se  excita ; ")  and 
the  pieces  of  silver  are  the  "  sistra."  Dathe  objects  that  the  Egyptians 
were  at  peace  with  David  ;  and  that  the  "  beast  of  the  reeds  "  was  a  lion  : 
i.e.  the  King  of  Syria.  But  these  objections  seem  frivolous  :  Egypt  was 
always  the  subject  of  prophecy. 

*  Heb.  "  Princes  shall  come  :"  an  d~u^  \iy.  Jlpta^nr  :  LXX.  Park- 
hurst  observes  that  Michaelis  shews  that  in  Gen.  x.  Q^n^DS  ,  or  □'n"l7D3  , 
is  rendered  by  the  LXX  x"'''"^"Ji''{'/t  (D'3Dti*n,  the  word  in  the  text), 
either  by  a  difference  of  reading  in  their  Ileb.  copies,  or  from  a  knowledge 
that  the  Chasmonim  were  in  Egypt.  Michaelis  further  remarks  that 
D'Anvllle  mentions  a  city  of  Aschmuneim,  in  Egypt. 


138  THE   BOOK   OF   PSALMS.  [Part  II. 


PSALM  LXIX. 

To  the  Chief  Musician  on  Shoshannim.     Of  David. 

I. 

Save  me,  O  God : 

For  the  waters*  are  come  in,  even  unto  my  soul.  \^j)lace : 

I  sink  in  the  mire  of  the  deep  :   and  there  is  no  standing 
I  am  come  into  the   depths  of  waters,  and  the  floods  run 
over  me. 

I  am  weary  of  crying  :  my  throat  is  dried  up  :  ^ 

Mine  eyes  fail,*^  from  waiting  on  my  God. 

More    than   the    hairs    of  my  head  are  they  that  hate   me 

without  a  cause  :  [mies  wrongfully. 

They  arc  mighty  that  would  destroy*^  me,  being  mine  ene- 
That  which  I  took  not,  then  I  restored : 
O  God,  thou  knowest  my  foolishness : 
And  my  faults  from  thee  were  not  hid. 
Let  not  them  be  ashamed  through  me,  that  *hope  in  thee, 

O  Lord,  Lord  of  hosts :  [God  of  Israel. 

Let  not  them  be  confounded  through  me,  that  seek  thee,  O 

Because  for  thy  sake  I  have  suflTered  reproach : 

Confusion  *  hath  covered  my  face : 

A  stranger  I  am  become  to  my  brethren, 

And  an  alien  to  the  children  of  my  mother. 

For  the  zeal  of  thine  house  hath  eaten  me  up,  [me. 

And  the  rebukes  of  them  that  rebuked  thee  are  fiillen  upon 

And  I  wept,  in  the  liisting  of  my  soul : 

And  that  was  made  a  reproach*  to  me : 

"  Heb.  are  come  in  the  waters.  ''  Heb.  is  dried  up  my  throat. 

<"  Heb.  fail  mine  eyes.  ''  Heb.  cut  me  down. 

•  Heb.  reproaches. 


Part  II.]  THE   BOOK   OF   PSALMS.  139 

And  I  made  my  garmeut  sackcloth, 

And  I  became  to  them  a  proverb. 

And  they  speak  against  me,  who  sit  in  the  gate,* 

And  they  make  songs  iipoii  me,  who  drink  strong  drink. ■* 

II. 

But  as  for  mc,  my  prayer  is  unto  thee,  O  Lord, 

In  a  time  of  acceptance.'' 

O  God,  in  the  multitude  of  thy  mercy,  hear  me ; 

In  the  truth  of  thy  salvation. 

Deliver  me  from  the  *clay,  that  I  may  not  sink. 

That  I  may  be  delivered  from  them  that  hate  me. 

And  from  the  depths  of  waters. 

Let  not  the  floods  run  over  me,** 

And  let  not  the  deep  swallow  me, 

And  let  not  the  pit  shut  upon  me  her  mouth. 

Hear  me,  O  Lord,  for  good  is  thy  mercy  :  [upon  me. 

According  to  the  multitude  of  thy  *  loving  kindnesses  *  look 

And  hide  not  thy  face  from  thy  servant,  for  trouble  is  with 

me : 
O  haste  to  hear  me. 

Draw  nigh  unto  my  soul :  redeem  it : 

Because  of  mine  enemies,*  rescue  me.  [my  *confusion  : 

Thou,  even  thou  dost  know  my  reproach,  and  my  shame,  and 

Before  me  are  all  mine  adversaries. 

Reproach  hath  broken  my  heart :  and  I  am  full  of  heaviness  : 

And  I  *  hoped  for  pity,  but  there  was  no  one, 

And  for  comforters,  but  I  found  them  not. 

And  they  gave  me,  for  my  meat,  gall : 

And  in  my  thirst  they  gave  mc  drink  of  vinegar. 

Let  their  table  be  before  them  for  a  snare, 

",  '*  That  is,  the  greatest  and  the  meanest. 

"  Or,  it  is  "  a  time  of  benevolence  :"  a  favourable  time  :  mollia  tem- 
pera. 

•^  Heb.  let  not  run  over  me  the  floods  :  and  let  not  swallow,  &c.,  and 
let  not  shut,  &c. 


140  THE    BOOK   OF    rSALMS.  [Part  II. 

And  that  which  shouhl  have  been  for  their  welfare,  a  trap.' 

Let  their  eyes  be  darkened^  from  seeing  ; 

And  make  their  loins  continually  to  shake. 

Pour  out  upon  them  thine  indignation. 

And  let  the  wrath  of  thine  anger  take  hold  of  them. 

Let  their  palace  be  desolate  :'^ 

In  their  tents  let  there  not  be  a  dweller. 

For  him*^  whom  thou  hast  smitten  they  persecute:  [talk. 

And  to  the  vexing  of  those  whom  thou  hast  wounded  they 

Add  iniquity  to  their  iniquity : 

And  let  them  not  come  into  thy  righteousness : 

Let  them  be  blotted  out  of  the  book  of  the  living  : 

And  among  the  righteous  let  them  not  be  written. 

III. 

But  as  for  me,  I  am  poor  and  *  vexed : 

Thy  salvation,  O  God,  shall  lift  me  up. 

I  will  praise  the  Name  of  God  with  a  song, 

And  will  magnify  him  with  thanksgiving. 

And  this  shall  please  the  Lord  more  than  an  ox. 

Than  a  bullock  with  horn  and  hoof. 

The  meek  shall  see^  and  be  glad, 

£ven  ye  who  seek  the  Lord,  and  your  heart  shall  live.' 

For  the  Lord  heareth  the  needy. 

And  his  prisoners  he  despiseth  not. 

Praise  him.  Heaven  and  Earth, 

The  sea,  and  all  that  moveth  therein. 

For  God  will  save  Sion, 

And  will  build  the  cities  of  Judah, 

And  they  shall  *  abide  there,  and  have  it  in  possession. 

Yea,  the  seed  of  his  servants  shall  inherit  it, 

And  they  that  love  his  Name  shall  dwell  therein. 

"  Kvii  fir  (ivTmriiCoffir,  Kai  dr  tTKai'CuXoy :  LXX  :  SO  Dathe. 

''  Ileb.  be^djirkened  their  eyes. 

•^  Ileb.  let  be  their  palace  desolate. 

''  Ileb.  for  tliou  wlioin  thou  liast  smitten   they  persecute.     Perhaps  it 
ou;^ht  to  be  X'X  nS  i  with  one  of  Kennieotl's  MSS. 

"  Ileb.  shall  see  the  meek. 

'  Ileb.  shall  live  your  heart. 


Part  II.]  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  141 


PSALM  LXX. 

To  the  Chief  Musician.  Of  David.  To  bring  to  remembrance. 

I. 

O  God,  to  deliver  me, 

O  Lord,  to  help  me,  hasten. 

Let  them  be  ashamed  and  *piit  down,  that  seek  after  my  soul : 
Let  them  be  driven  backward,  and  confounded,  that  desire 

my  hurt.* 
Let  them  be  turned  back,  for  a  reward  of  their  shame, 
That  say.  Aha,  aha. 

II. 
Let  those  rejoice  and  be  glad  in  thee,  all  they  that  seek  thee ; 
And  let  them  say  continually.  Let  God  be  magnified,'' 
Even  they  who  love  thy  salvation. 

But  as  for  me,  I  am  poor  and  needy : 
O  God,  hasten  unto  me. 

My  helper  and  redeemer  art  Thou  : 

O  Lord,  make  no  tarrying. 

"  Ileb.  evil.  *"  Heb.  be  mapfnified  God. 


144  THE   BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  II. 

My  *llps  win  *  rejoice  wlicn  I  *inakc  :i  psalm  to  thee, 
And  my  soul,  whom  thou  hast  redeemed.  [ness : 

Therefore  *my  tongue  all  day  shall  speak  of  thy  righteous- 
For  they  are  brought  to  shame,  for  they  are  confounded,  that 
seek  my  soul. 

'  Heb.  will  rejoice  my  lips. 


PA7tT  II. J  TlIK    Uoolv    OK    I'SALAIS.  14:5 


PSALM  LXXir. 

For  Solomon. 

I. 

O  God,  thy  judf^ments"  give  to  tlie  Kinf^, 
And  thy  rigliteousncss  to  the  Son  of  the  King. 
He  r^hall  *rulc'^'  th}^  people  in  righteousnes^s, 
And  thy  poor  in  judgment. 

The  mountains  sliall  bring  peace *^  to  the  people, 
And  the  little  hills,  in  righteousness. 

II. 

He  shall  judge  the  poor  of  the  people  : 

He  shall  save  the  children  of  the  needy, 

And  shall  break  in  pieces  the  oppressor,     [before**  the  moon. 
They  shall    fear  thee,  as  long   as   the   sun   endnreth,  and 
For  generations  of  generations. 
He  shall  come  down  like  rain  into  the  grass,® 
As  showers  that  water  the  earth.^ 
The  ^righteous  shall  flourish  in  his  days, 
And  abundance  of  peace,  till  there  be  no  more  moon. 
And  he  shall  *  reach '^  from  sea  to  sea. 
And  from  the  river  to  the  ends  of  the  earth. 
Before  hiin  shall  bow  dowii  the  dwellers  in  the  wilderness. 
And  his  enemies  the  dust  shall  lick.  [bring  : 

The   Kings   of   Tarshish   and   of   the   isles  presents  shall 

'  Heb.  to  the  Kinsr  give. 

''  Heb.  judge  :  but  not  the  same  word  that  occur.*!  at'terwards, 
*"  Ileb.  shall  bring  the  mountains. 
■^  Heb.  iJD^,  in  the  face. 
"  "  fleece  : "  Pr.  B.  wokov  :  LXX. 
'  Vide  Psalm  Ixv.  connected  with  this, 
^  Heb.  shall  flourish  the  righteous. 

"  Heb.  "  shall  come  down  :  "  the  same  word  as  in  four  lines  above. 
L 


146  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Paht  II. 

The  Kings  of  Sheba  and  Saba  gifts  shall  offer.* 
And  all  Kings  shall  fall  down  before  him,^ 
All  the  heathen  shall  serve  him, 

III. 
For  he  shall  deliver  the  needy  when  he  crieth, 
And  the  poor,  and  him  who  hath  no  helper.*^ 
He  shall  spare  the  simple  and  needy. 
Yea,  the  souls  of  the  needy  he  shall  save. 
From  falsehood  and  violence  he  shall  redeem  their  soid, 
And  precious  shall  be  their  blood  in  his  *eyes. 

And  he  shall  live,  and  there  shall  be  given  to  him  of  the 
gold  of  Sheba  ; 

And  prayer  shall  be  before  him  continually  ; 

Every  day  shall  they  bless  him.  ftop  of  the  hills  : 

There  shall  be  an  handful  of  corn*^   on  tiie  earth,  on  the 

His®  fruit  shall  shake  like  Lebanon,  [earth. 

And  they  shall  flourish  out  of  the  city  like  the  grass  of  the 

His  ^  Name  shall  be  for  ever  : 

Before  the  sun  shall  be  continued  his  Name, 

And  they  shall  be  blessed  in  him : 

All  the  heathen  shall  praise  him.*^ 

Blessed  be  the  Loud  God,  the  God  of  Israel, 
Who  doeth  wonders  alone  : 
And  blessed  be  the  Name  of  his  glory  for  ever : 
And''  all  the  earth  shall  be  filled  with  his  glory. 
Amen,  and  Amen. 

Here  end  the  Prayeks  of  David,  the  Son  of  Jesse. 

"   Ik'l).  ^<liall  briiiij;  near  :   3")p. 

''  Ileb.  and  shall  fall  down  bt-fore  him  Kings. 

'   llel).  no  help  to  him. 

''  Tho  evangelical  grain  of  mustaid  seed. 

'   Ileb.  shall  shake  like  Lebanon  his  fruit. 

'  Ileb.  shall  be  his  Name. 

"  Or,  call  him  happy  •  "imj^N* 

''  Ileb.  and  shall  be  filled  all  the  earth. 


THE 


BOOK   OF   PSALMS. 


PAKT  III. 
Psalm  LXXIIL  to  LXXXIX.  inclusive. 


Paiit  III.]  THE    HOOK    OF    I'SALMS.  119 

PSALM    LXXIII. 

A  P:5:ilin  ol'  X^aiAu 

I. 

Truly  God  is  good  to  Israel:* 

£ve7i  to  the  clean  of  heart. 

But  as  for  nic,  almost  gone  were  my  feet, 

Well  nigh  slipt  hud  my  steps. 

For  I  was  envious  at  the  foolish;^ 
The  prosperity  of  the  ungodly  I  beheld. 
For  they  are  in  no  *  terror  of  deatlj/ 
And  firm  is  their  strengtli : 
In  trouble  like  other  folk  they  are  not, 
And  as  other  men'^  they  are  not  j'liigned. 
Therefore®  pride *^  encompasscth  them, 

"  lleb.  truly  good  to  Israel  is  God.  This  ordur  is  not  observed,  to 
avoid  the  ambiguity  of  the  phrase  :  "  truly"  might  then  seem  to  belong  to 
"  good,"  according  to  the  English  idiom. 

^  Heb.  the  insolent :  Qi^hn. 

'^  The  paraphrase  of  the  Prayer  Book  version  of  this  very  obscure  pas- 
sage is  here  followed  :  the  word  ni3V"in  ,  here  rendered  "terror,"  occurs 
only  once  besides  this  passage  :  viz.  in  Isaiah,  Iviii.  6.  Farkhurst  gives, 
with  approbation,  Bates's  explanation  of  the  passage,  with  which  Moerlius 
coincides.  "  For  there  are  no  difHculties  (literally,  "knots")  to  them; 
their  strength  is  perfect  and  firm."  lie  thus  reads,  instead  of  DniD^  , 
"  to  their  death,"  ^T)  ■  )K>7  ■  "  to  them,  perfect,"  &c.  The  latter  division 
of  the  words,  as  Mr.  Parkhurst  remarks,  is  in  Kennicott's  text ;  and  this,  1 
am  disposed  to  think,  is  the  correct  reading.  The  Prayer  Book  reads 
both  ni^,  and  QO  :  "  of  death  :  they  are  lusty  and  strong."  The  Sep- 
tuaguit  renders  it  tii'd- tiTni' «i'f'n'£)'(T(5  tv  r^  Oaranji  cwtwv.  "  Xon  sunt 
contorsiones  usijue  ad  mori  ipsis." — Ilosenm.  Jarchi  renders  the  word 
in  dispute  "  terrores,"  which  our  Psalter  somewhat  similarly  renders  by 
"peril."  The  Chaldee  agrees  with  Jarchi.  I'erhaps  it  may  mean  "  there 
are  no  bands  to  them ;  they  are  free  to  run  their  own  course." 

*•  Heb.  with  mankind.  <=  Heb.  encompassed  them  pride. 

'  Encompasses,  as  a  chain  docs^the  neck. 

L     3 


160  Tlli:    iJOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Fakt  III. 

As  the  covering  of  a  garment  is  cruelty  to  them:" 

Tlieir  eyes  swell  out^  out  with  fjitness. 

They  have  more  than  the  wishes  of  the  heart. '^ 

They  arc  corrupt,  and  speak  of  *  evil, 

Of  oppression  loftily  do  they  speak.^ 

They  have''  stretched  unto  the  heavens  their  mouth, 

And  their  tongue  goeth  through  the  earth. 

Therefore'  his  people  turn  unto  them  : 

And  waters  of  fulness  are  wrung  out  to  them.^ 

And  they  say.  How  doth  God  know?'* 

And  is  there  indeed  knowledge  in  the  Most  High  ? ' 

Behold,  these  arc  the  ungodly ; 

And  they  who  prosper*  for  ever;J 

They  increase''  in  riches  : 

Truly  in  vain  have  I  cleansed  my  heart. 

And  have  washed  in  innocency  my  hands  ! 

For  I  have'  indeed  been  plagued  all  the  day. 

And  my  chastening  hath  been  every  morning. 

If  I  should  say,  I  will  speak  even  as  they. 

Behold,  the  generation  of  thy  children  I  should  oftend.'" 

11. 

And  I  thouglit  to  know  this  : 
A  *  trouble  it  was  in  mine  eyes: 

"  Heb.  covcreth  an  a  garment  cruelty  them. 

•*  lleb.  swell  out  their  eyes  :  litersilly,  "  stand  uut." 

"^  Ileb.  they  overpass. 

''  The  LXX  is  here  followed :  dciKutv  tie  to  iij/of  iXciXiitnn; 

'  lleb.  set  in  the  heavens. 

'  lleb.  The  Septuagint  reads  "my  people,"  which  seems  the  betlci* 
reading. 

«  Or  ratlicr,  "shall  be  found  by  thorn,"  as  the  Sepluagint  reuds  : 
'iS^^'O''  for  IVtD^ ,  which  reading  is  found  in  .'i  of  Kennicotfs  cojiies. 

''   Ibib.  knuweth  (iod.  '  L"' ,  oniphatic. 

'  oh)]}  is  rendcivil  in  both  our  translations  as  "  sa'culuni,"  in  this 
H'orld  ;  but  in  the  LXX  as  here. 

''    Luxuiiate  '    \"1S1  1  cniphatic, 

*"  Contemn, 


Part  III.]  THE    BOOK    OF    TSALMS.  151 

Until  I  went  into  the  Sanctuary  of  God, 
Then  I  understood  their  end. 

Truly  in  slippery  places  thou  dost  set  them, 

Thou  *makest  them  full  into  destruction.^ 

Oh  how  arc  they  brought  to  desolation,  as  in  a  moment ! 

They  perish,^  they  arc  consumed  with  terrors!*^ 

As  a  dream,  when  one  awaketh,  [vanish.*^ 

So,  O  Lord,  from  the  City  their  image  thou  shalt  make  to 

Thus"  my  heart  was  grieved,' 

And  In  my  reins  I  was  pricked  : 

And  I  myself  was  *  brutish,  and  did  not  know  :  ^ 

As  a  beast**  was  I  before  thee. 

III. 

But  as  for  me,  I  am  continually  by  thee : 

Thou  boldest  me  by  thy  right  hand.' 

With  thy  counsel  thou  shalt  lead  me, 

And  afterwards  with  glory  thou  shalt  receive  me. 

Who  is  there  for  me  in  heaven  hut  tlice? 

And  besides  thee  I  have  no  desire  on  earth. 

My  flesh  and  my  heart  faileth  -J 

The  strength  of  my  heart  and  my  portion  Is  God  for  ever. 

For  behold,  they  that  arc  far  from  thee  shall  perish : 

Thou  hast  *cut  off  every  one  that  committeth   fornication 

against  thee. 
But  as  for  me,  to  draw  near  to  God  Is  good  for  mc  :  ^ 

"  Heb.  destructions. 

"  This  is  like  the  abrupt  style  of  Psalm  xlviii.  which  was  contempora- 
neous. 

'■  Ileb.  wastin^s  :  nin?^ 

''  "  shalt  despise  :"  Bible  Translation. 

•^  Ileb.  for.  '  Hub.  was  grieved  my  heart. 

^  Heb.  know  not.  ''  Heb.  beasts. 

'  Heb.  hand  right. 

J  Heb.  faileth  my  llesh  and  my  heart. 

^  Heb.  for  me  is  good. 

L    4 


152  Tin:  BOOK  or  psaljis.  [Pakt  in. 

I  lime  put  in  tlu'  LoKD"  (iod  my  *  refuge  : 
That  I  niJiy  tell  of"  all  tliy  wonder,'? 
In  the  gates  oF  the  danghter  of  Sion.'' 

"   Ileb.  tlio  Lord  tlic  LoiiD. 

*"  This  line  does  not  occur  in  the  IJehiow,  Syriac,  or  Enirlii^h  IJiblc 
Translation.  It  does  in  the  English  Psalter,  and  in  the  Scptuagint, 
though  obelized  there.  Tt^  appears,  however,  to  be  geiuiinc :  the  con- 
clusion of  the  Psalm  would  be  otherwise  abrupt;  and  the  mention  of  the 
daughter  of  Sion  is  in  the  st}le  of  Isaiah,  in  whose  time  the  present 
Psalm  seems  to  have  been  Avritten. 


PautIII]  the    15(M)K    Of    I'SAl.MS.  1.33 


PSALM  LXXIV/' 

Mascliil  of  A«iph. 

I. 

Wherefore,  O  God,  luist  thou  cast  us  off  for  cvcr?*^ 

Will/  smoketh  thy  wrath  against  the  sheep  of  thy  pasture  ? 

lleuicniber  the  congregation,  whicli  thou  hast  purchased  of 

ohl : 
Thou  hast  redeemed  the  tribe  *"  of  thine  inheritance  ; 
Mount  Sion,  wherein  thou  hast  dwelt. 

Lift  up  thy  feet  to  the  perpetual  desohitions"'  [tuary. 

Of  all  that  the  enemy  hath  done  wickedly^'  in  the  Sanc- 

Thinc  adversaries  roar^  in  the  midst  of  the  congregation  : 

They  have  set  up  their  ensigns  as  signs.e 

A  man  was^^  famous  according  as  he  lifted  up 

Upon  the  thicket  of  the  trees  his  axe : ' 

But  now  the  carved  work  thereof 

Both  with  *  hatchet  and  hammer  they  break  down. 
They  have  cast  into  the  fire  thy  Sanctuary  : 

■'■  This  Psalm  Is  very  iniicli  in  Tsaiah's  style. 

''  U'^y?  ,  "  for  a  long  time,"  occnrs  again  in  line  22. 

'  This  may  either  refer  to  tiie  tribe  of  Levi,  or  that  of  Judah: 
probably  the  latter,  Mount  Sion  being  the  royal  habitation  of  Judah.  It 
would  then  seem  that  this  Tsalm  was  written  after  the  Israelitish  Cap- 
tivity, under  Shahr.aueser. 

"'  The  parallelism  is  indistinct,  and  the  sense  obscure.  The  Prayer 
Book  is  followed. 

*■   Heb.  hath  done  Aviekedly  the  enemy. 

'   Ileb.  roar  thine  adversaries. 

«  The  two  words  have  the  same  resemblance  in  the  Hebrew.   /4lv     <^ ' 

''  A  very  obscure  and  i)erhaps  corrupt  jiassage,  elliptical,  and  in  llio 
parallelism  imperfect.  The  LXX  is  utterly  unintelligible,  though  the 
causes  of  the  miseonce[>tion  are  easy  to  be  seen. 

'  Heb.  axes. 


154  THE    BOOK   OF    PSALMS.  [Part  111. 

Eve7i  to  the  ground  luivc  they  defiled*  tlie  dwelling-place 
of  thy  Name.  [together: 

They  have  said  in  their  hearts,  We  will  '^destroy  them 
They  have  burnt  up  all  the  houses  of  God  in  the  land. 
Our  signs  we  see  not : 

There  is  no  longer  a  prophet :  [long  tlds  shall  be. 

Neither   is    there    among  us  one  who  knoweth  how 

IIow  long,  O  God,  shall  the  "^adversary  repi'oach? 
Shall  the  enemy  blaspheme^  thy  Name  for  ever? 
Wherefore  withdrawcst  thou  thy  hand, 
And  thy  right  hand  within  thy  bosom  dost  thou  hide?'' 

II. 
But  God  is  my  King  of  old  : 

Working  salvation'  in  the  midst  of  the  earth.  [sea:^ 

It  ivas  Thou  icliu  didst  break  *  asunder  by  thy  strength  the 
Thou  didst  *  shatter  the  heads  of  the  'klragons  in  the  waters  : 
It  was  Thou  tvho  didst  *  crush  the  heads  of  Leviathan  : 
Thou  gavest  liira  for  meat  to  the  'people  of  the  wilderness: 
It  tvas  Thou  who  didst  cleave  the  fountain  and  the  flood : 
It  tvas  Thou  who  didst  dry  up  rivers  of  might. 
Thine  is  the  day:  thine  also  is  the  night :■* 
It  is  Thou  tvho  hast  prepared  the  light  and  the  sun : 

"  Or,  shattered  :  ppn 

''  The  LXX  translates  DJ"'J  l^'v  (rvyyivn  avrwv  :  deriving  it  from  pj, 
"  a  son." 

*  Ileb.  reproach  the  adversary. 
''  Heb.  bhispheme  the  enemy. 

"  The  word  n^3  will  not  bear  the  translation  of  either  Bible  or 
Prayer  Book,  and  it  ought  to  be  n^Dn,  or  nv3.  I  strongly  suspect 
it  should  be  n?D,  Selah.  The  Syriac  does  not  translate  it,  as  it  hardly 
ever  does  Selah.  It  occurs  exactly  where  Sclali  would  be  ajjpropriate. 
One  of  Kennicotl's  jNISS.  reads  it;  the  LXX  translates  it  hV  riXor. 

*  Ileb.  salvations. 

«  This  passage  is  in  the  style  of  Ps.  Ixxxix. 
'•  I.e.  "Egypt:"  vide  Ps. Ixxxix. 

'  Or,  as  Parkhurst  conjectures,  "  the   uudtitudc  of  ravening   beasts." 
See  Isaiah's  use  of  CD'''V  xxili.  13. 
J  Exactly  in  the  style  of  Ps.  Ixxxix. 


Part  III.]  THE    UOOK    OF    I'.SALMS.  155 

It  is  Thou  n-^ho  has  set  all  the  borders''  of  the  earth: 
Summer  and  winter,  it  is  Thou  who  hast  made  them. 

III. 

Remember  this,  that  the  enemy  hath  reproached,  O  Lord  :  ** 
And  the  people  of  folly  have  blasphemed  thy  Name. 

Deliver  not  to  the  ''multitude  the  soul  of  thy  turtle-dove: 

The  *  *^  multitude  of  thy  poor  forget  not  for  ever. 

Look  upon  the  covenant :  [tations  of  cruelty. 

For  full  arc  the  dark  i)laccs  of  the  earth  of  the  habi- 

O  let  not  the  oppressed  go  away  ashamed :  ^ 

Let  the  poor  and  needy  praise  thy  Name. 
Arise,  O  God,  plead  thine  own  cause;* 
Remember  how  ^  the  foolish  man  reproacheth  thee  all  day. 
Forget  not  the  voice  of  thine  *  adversaries  :  [continually. 

The   *  noise''  of  those  that  rise  up  against   thee   asccndeth 

"  Or,  "  bounds." 

^  This  last  strain  is  like  tlic  two  Epodes  in  Psalm  Ixxxix, 

S  ''  nTI ,  the  LXX  transhites  roTf  Oiipioic,  which  appears  better. 

•=  Ileb.  let  not  go  away  the  oppressed. 

*'  Heb.  pleading. 

«  Ileb.  thy  reproaches  iroui  the  foolish  man. 

"  So  pxti>  is  translated  in  both  our  versions  in  Ts.  Ixv.  8. 


1j()  the  book  nr  tsai.ms.  [I'aut  hi. 


PSALM  LXXY.f 

To  the  Cliicf  Mu!<ici:in.      Al  Tascliith.      A  Psalin  of  Asaph. 

I. 

We  give  thanks  to  thee,  O  God,  we  give  thanks : 

For  *ncar  is  tliy  Name:  '^thy  wonders  do  declare  it. 

When  I  receive  the  "^ congregation,  I  in  n])riglitncss  will  judge. 

The  earth  is  dissolved,  and  all  the  inhabitants  thcreol": 

I  niysclt'  bear  up  the  pillars  of  it. 

SELAH. 

II. 

I  said  unto  the  '4bols,  Deal  not  foolishly. 
And  to  the  ungodly,  *  Exalt  not  the  horn  : 
Exalt*  not  on  high  your  horn: 
Speak  not  with  a  stiff  neck.'^ 

For  not  from  the  '^east,  nor  from  the  west, 

Nor  from  the  south  is  *  exaltation :  ^ 

For  God  is  the  Judge : 

This  one  he  putteth  down,  and  that  one  he  *exalteth. 

t  □^in  (exalt),  is  the  characteristic  wont  of  tliis  rsalin. 

"  The  reading  of  the  LXX,  not  obelized  l)y  Origen,  is  more  consonant 
to  the  style  of"  the  Psahus  :  t'ii>i^u>\()yijm')itiOa  eroi  6  Oior,  t^«fui\oytj(Tri.n6a 
Kcii  t7riK<i\(<ToiitO<i  TO  ih'Ofid  rrov.  Cuiyi'ifTiiun  ri  (Itivfianui  ffr.v :  instead  of 
nSD  IDL"  n)-\p)  ,  they  read  ISDN  ']^C'2  i:X"lp1.  AVith  this  reading  the 
Syriac  coincides;  except  that  they  read  13~IDD  instead  of  "IQDX.  l^ut  it 
is  unsupjjorted  by  any  existing  MSS. 

''  Ileb.  do  declare  tliy  wonders. 

'^  Datlie  renders  lyitD ,  with  Ludov.  dc  Dieu  and  Schnltens,  "  a  pro- 
mise :  "  the  meaning  of  the  word,  as  the  latter  says,  in  Arabic  and  Syriac. 

■^  Ileb   seorners :  D^^'pin. 

*■   Ileb.  neck  stiff. 

'   NV1D  (sun)  rising:  a  jjoctical  jthrase. 

*  o/uoji'-.  LXX :  thus  giving  a  dillercnt  meaning  tu  the  same  word  D'ln. 


Part  I  If]  THE    HOOK    OF    l'SAI-M><.  157 

For  a  cup  is  In  the  Imiid  of  \\\v  Loud,  ami  (lu'  wine  is  red: 
It  is  full  of  mixture,  and  he  pourelh  out  of  the  same: 
But  the  dregs  thereof,  they  shall  wring  them  out, 
They  shall  drink  them,  evr/i  all  the  ungodly  of  the  eartli. 

But  as  for  me,  I  will  declare  for  ever, 
I  will  *makc  a  psalm  to  the  God  of  Jacob: 
And  all  the  horns  of  the  ungodly  will  I  break  : 
The  ''lu)rns  of  the  righteous  shall  be  exalted. 

»  IIol).  sliiill  be  oxaltctl  tlio  lionis. 


I'lS  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Paut  Til 


PSALM  LXXVr.t 

To  the  Chief  Musician  on  Ncginoth.      A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

A  Song. 

I. 

Known  in  Judah  is  (lod : 

In  Israel  great  is  his  Name : 

And  in  Salem''  is  his  tabernacle: 

And  his  dwelling  in  Sion. 

Tiiere  brake  he  the  arrows  of  the  bow, 

The  shield,  the  sword,  and  the  battle. 

SELAH. 
TI. 

More  glorious  art  Thou, 

More  excellent  than  the  hills  of  prey.  [sleep : 

They  are  spoiled,  the  stout  of  heart :  they  have  sle])t  their 

And''  all  the  men  of  might  have  not  found  their  hands. 

At  thy  rebuke,  O  God  of  Jacob, 

Are '^*  entranced  both  chariot  and  horse. 

Thou  art  to  be  feared,  even  thou : 

And  who  may  stand  in  thy  sight  at  the  time  of  thy  Mrath  ? 

f  XI''  "  fear,"  is  tlie  characteristic  word  of  this  Psahii. 

"  dSev  (Salem)  is  translated  by  the  LXX,  m-  h7>(';i'i/,  whidi  shews  their 
ij;;norance  of  the  spirit  of  the  Psalm,  and  makes  for  the  snpj)osition,  that 
Alexandrian  ])hllulogists,  perhaps  not  even  Jews,  were  tho  translators. 
They  could  have  been  but  little  versed  in  local  allusions  (which  Ion<;- 
absence  from  their  parent  country  might  have  obliterated),  or  in  the 
genius  of  sacred  poetry,  which  obviously  required  a  local  antithesis  to 
the  two  preceding  proper  names. 

''  Perhaps  the  Prayer  Book  translation  may  be  right.  The  LXX  renders 
PTl  by  ttXcu'tov. 

"  The  words  "  fallen  into  a  deep  sleep  "  arc  tiie  translation  of  but  one 
word  in  Hebrew,  ami  therefore  the  above  reading  has  Ijeen  ofTci-ed. 


Pakt  Iir.]  THE    BOOK    OI-    I'SALMS.  159 

From  heaven  tliovi  didst  cause  judgment  to  be  liotivd: " 
Tlie  earth  feared,  and  was  still, 
In  the  arisinnj  to  judgment  oi'  CJod, 
To  save  all  the  meek  of  the  earth. 

SELAII. 

III. 

For  the  fierceness  of  man  shall  praise  thee : 

The  remnant  of  his  fierceness  shalt  thou  restrain.'' 

Vow,  and  pay  to  the  Lord  your  God  :  [is  to  be  feared. 

All  ye  that  are  round  about  him  bring  presents  to  him  that 

lie  shall  refrain  the  spirit  of  princes, 

£vcn  he  that  is  to  be  *  feared  among  the  kings  of  the  earth. 


"  Ileb.  cause  to  be  heard  judgment. 

''  The  LXX  reads  toprcwn  aoi,  reading  l^nn  tor  "i:nn  ,  which  would 
belter  accord  with  the  parallelism. 


lOO  THE    IJOOK    OF    PSAI.MS.  [Paist  111. 


PSALM   LXXVII.t 
To  tlio  Cliiof  ^ruHielaii.     ''To  .Icdnthun.    A  Psnliii  of  A?;nj)li. 

J. 

IVttli  my  voice  unto  God  T  cried ;  ^ 

M}'  voice  was  unto  God : 

And  he  gave  ear  unto  mo. 

In  the  day  of  my  trouble  tlic  Lord  I  souGi;ht  : 

My  '^hand  in  the  night  was  *  stretched  out,  and  ceased  not : 

iMy  '^soul  refused  to  be  comforted. 

I  remembered  God,  and  was  disturbed  : 

I  *  communed  with  myself,  and  my  s])irit  w;is  ovorwhelined.'^^ 

SELAH. 

ir. 

Thou  boldest  tlie  watches  of  mine  eyes : 

I  am  troubled,  and  I  cannot  speak. 

I  have  considered  the  days  of  old, 

The  years  of  ancient  times  : 

I  call  to  remembrance  my  song  in  the  night : 

JVitli  my  heart  I  commune,  and  search  *^out  my  sjiivit. 

AVill  ^the  Lord  for  ever  cast  me  off: 


t  "I3T  "■'  rcmiMiibor,"  is  the  characteristir  word  nf  tliis  Psalm. 

■'  Ilch.  on  Jedutliun  :  py  tlu'reforc  would  secin  to  refl-r  to  (ho  instni- 
inent  or  subject,  not  to  the  author. 

''  The  LXX,  Syriar,  and  both  our  translations  rejcet  1  Ijeforc  npyvX , 
and  also  one  of  Kennicott's  I\ISS. 

'^^  So  margin  nf  Eng.  Bihl.  :  ^*  never  bears  the  sense  of  a  "sore." 
Possibly  its  other  meaning,  a  "side,"  might  have  suggested  our  au- 
thorised translation. 

^  Ileb.  refused  to  be  eomforted  my  soul. 

•  Ileb.  wa.s  overwhelmed  my  sjtirit. 

•■  So  the  Prayer  Rr)ok  and  liXX  :   L*'DnX1  for  ysn^V 

"  Ileb.  will  for  ever  cast  oil"  tin'  Lord. 


Pakt  hi.]  TIIK    IJOOK    OF    PSALMS.  161 

And  "will  he  not  be  fiivourable  any  more? 

Is  ''his  mercy  gone  for  a  *long  time? 

Is  f^his  promise  come  to  an  end  for  ever  and  ever? 

Ilath  ''God  forgotten  to  be  gracious  ? 

Hath  he  shut  up  in  anger  his  loving  kindnesses  ? 

SELAII. 

III. 
Then  «1  said,  Mine  infirmity  is  this:  [High. 

But  ^  I  icill  remember  the  years  of  the  right  hand  of  the  Most 
I  will  remember  the  doings  of  the  Lord  ; 
Yea,  I  will  remember  thy  wonders  of  old,^ 
And  I  will  meditate  on  all  thy  works : 
And  on  thy  doings  I  shall  *  commune. 

O  God,  in  holiness  is  thy  way  : 

What  God  is  so  great  as  God  ? 

Thou  art  the  God  that  doest  wonders : 

Thou  hast  *made  known  among  the  ''people  thy  strength. 

Thou  hast  redeemed  with  thine  arm  thy  people, 

The  sons  of  Jacob  and  Joseph. 

SELAH. 
IV. 

The  'waters  saw  thee,  O  God  : 

The  'waters  saw  thee:   they  were  afraid: 

Tiie  ^  depths  also  trembled  : 

The  '^clouds  poured  out  water: 

"  Ileb.  and  will  he  not  renew  his  face. 

^  Heb.  is  gone  for  a  long  time  bis  mercy. 

"  Heb.  is  come  to  an  end  his  promise. 

''  Ilath  forgotten  to  be  gracious  God. 

"  Heb.  and  I  said. 

^  The  LXX  renders  ni3K'  by  "  changes  ;"  also  the  Syriac  and  Chaldee  : 
—  "  changes  "  from  good  to  evil,  or  the  contrary,  "  are  from  the  hand 
of  the  Most  High." 

B  Heb.  of  old  thy  wonders.  '^  Heb.  peoples. 

'  Heb.  saw  thee  the  waters. 

J  Heb.  also  tremble  the  depths. 

''  Heb.  poured  out  water  the  clouds. 

M 


162  THE   BOOK   OF    PSALMS.  [Part  III. 

The  "skies  gave  forth  a  *  voice : 

Thine  ^arrows  also  went  abroad. 

The  voice  of  thy  thunder  was  round  about :  ^ 

The  "^ Iishtnino;s  shone  throuji-li  the  world: 

DO  O 

The  earth  trembled  and  shook. 

In  the  sea  is  thy  way, 
And  thy  paths  in  the  great  waters :  * 
And  thy  footsteps  are  not  known. 
Thou  leddcst  like  sheep  thy  people. 
By  the  hand  of  Moses  and  Aaron. 

^  Heb.  a  voice  gave  forth  the  skies. 

''  Heb.  also  thine  arrows. 

■-■  Heb.  in  a  whirlwind :  ^y^^  is  in  this  sense  an  aV.  Kiy. 

^  Heb.  shone  the  lightnings. 

^  Heb.  waters  great. 


Paht  hi.]  TIIK    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  1 G3 


PSALM  LXXVIII. 
Maschil  of  Asaph. 

I. 

Give  ear,  O  my  people,  to  my  law  : 

Incline  your  ears  to  the  words  of  my  mouth  : 

I  will  open  in  a  parable  my  mouth  : 

I  will  utter*  dark  ^sayings  of  old, 

Which  we  have  heard  and  known, 

And  our  fathers  have  declared  to  us. 

We  will  not  hide  them  from  their  children  ; 

To  the  generation  to  come  *  declaring  the  praises  of  the  Lord, 

And  his  strength,  and  the  wonders  that  he  hath  done. 

For  he  established  a  testimony  in  Jacob, 

And  a  law  he  appointed  in  Israel, 

Which  he  commanded  to  our  fathers. 

That  they  should  make  them  known  to  their  children ; 

To  the  intent  that  ^the  generation  to  come  might  know  them  ; 

That  the  children  who  should  be  born  might  arise, 

And  declare  it  to  their  children ; 

And  that  they  might  put  In  God  their  trust,*^ 

And  not  forget  the  works  of  God, 

But  that  his  commandments  they  might*  observe, 

And  that  they  might  not  be  as  their  fathers, 

A  generation  faithless  and  rebellious, 

A  generation  that  prepared  not  their  heart, 

And  whose  spirit  *  believed  not  in  God. 

The  children  of  Ephraim,  armed,  ^carrying  bows. 

Turned  themselves  back  in  the  day  of  battle. 

■*  nn*n  :  enigmas. 

''  Ileb.  might  know  the  goncratioji  after. 
'^  Strength:  ho^- 

•^  Throwing  forth:  '|X"J  :  marg.  Eng.  Bibl. 
M    2 


164  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  11 

They  kept  not  the  coveuant  of  God, 

And  in  his  law  they  refused  to  walk, 

And  they  forgat  his  works. 

And  his  wonders,  which  he  had  *nuide  them  see. 

II. 
In  the  sight  of  our  fathers  he  did  wonders. 
In  the  land  of  Egypt,  the  field  of  Zoan. 
He  *  clave  the  sea,  and  made  them  pass  through. 
And  he  "made  the  waters  to  stand  as  an  heap  : 
And  he  led  them  witli  a  cloud  by  day, 
And  all  the  night  with  a  light  of  fire. 
He  clave  the  rocks  in  the  wilderness. 
And  he  gave  them  drink,  as  out  of  the  great  depths  : 
And  he  brought  streams  out  of  the  stony  rock, 
And  made  the  waters  to  flow  down  as  rivers. 

Yet  still  *'more  they  sinned  against  him, 

By  provoking  the  Most  High  in  the  *  desert. 

And  they  tempted  God  in  their  hearts. 

By  asking  meat  for  their  *soul. 

And  they  spake  against  God  :  they  said, 

Can  God  prepare  a  table  in  the  wilderness  ? 

Behold,  he  smote  the  rock,  and  the  w^aters  gushed  out;*^ 

And  the  streams  overflowed : 

Can  ^  he  give  bread  also. 

Yea,  ®can  he  provide  flesh  for  his  people? 

III. 
Then  ^the  ^Lord  heard,  and  was  wroth  ; 
And  a  fire  was  kindled  in  Jacob, 
And  *"  anger  also  came  up  in  Israel. 
For  they  believed  not  in  God, 

"   lliil).  made  to  stand  the  waters. 

**  Ileb.  they  added  yet  more  to  the  sinning  against  him. 

<=  Ileb.  gushed  out  waters. 

■'  Heb.  also  bread  can  he  give. 

I-  QX-  '  P^»  "wherefore:"  Eng.Bibl. 

*  Ileb.  heard  the  l^ord.  "  Heb.  and  also  anger. 


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And  trusted  not  in  his  salvation. 

So  he  commanded  the  ch)u(ls  from  above, 

And  the  doors  of"  heaven  he  opened  : 

And  he  rained  down  upon  them  manna  to  eat, 

And  the  corn  of  heaven  he  gave  them. 

Tlie  food  of  the  mighty  ones  man  did  eat,* 

Bread  he  sent  them  to  the  fulh 

He  ''made  the  east  wind  to  blow  in  heaven, 

And  he  brought  in  by  his  })Ower  the  south  wind : 

And  he  rained  on  them  "^  flesh  as  the  dust, 

And  as  the  sand  of  the  sea  the  fowl  of  wing : 

And  he  let  it  fall  in  the  midst  of  their  camp. 

Hound  about  their  habitations. 

And  they  did  eat,  and  were  filled  exceedingly, 

And  their  own  desire  he  gave  them,'^ 

They  were  not  disappointed  of  their  *  desire. 

While  *^  their  meat  was  in  their  mouths. 

But  the  wrath  of  God  came  upon  them, 

And  slew  the  fattest  of  them. 

And  the  chosen  men  of  Israel  smote  down.  ^ 

For  all  this,  they  sinned  still. 

And  believed  not  his  wonders ; 

So  he  consumed  in  ^vanity  their  days. 

And  their  yeai's  in  trouble. 

When  he  slew  them,  then  they  sought  him. 

And  turned  back,  and  en([uired  early  after  God ; 

And  they  remembered  that  God  was  their  Rock, 

And  God  the  Most  High  their  Redeemer. 

Yet  they  flattered  him  with  their  mouth, 

"  Heb.  did  eat  man. 

''  Heb.  he  made  to  blow  the  east  wind. 

■^  Heb.  as  the  dust  flesh.  ''  Heb.  brought  them. 

^  This  is  the  arrangement  of  the  clause  in  most  Hebrew  copies,  and  is 
most  consistent  with  the  parallelism ;  this  line  forming  the  last  of  an 
introverted  quatrain. 

'  The  stanza  to  this  mark  is  an  Epanodos,  and  contains  also  several 
artificially  disposed  divisions  :  but  they  arc  not  exhibited  here,  as  that 
would  confuse  the  main  arrangement  of  the  poem. 

*  A  play  upon  words  :  ^2T\ .  "  vanity  :'"  Sin  •    '  trouVile." 

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166  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  HI. 

And  Nvith  their  tongue  they  lied  unto  liini. 
For  their  heart  was  not  prepared  for  him. 
And  they  believed  not  in  his  covenant. 

IV. 

Yet  he  in  his  compassion  forgave  their  iniquity, 

And  destroyed  tlicrn  not. 

And  many  a  time  he  turned  away  his  wrath. 

And  would  not  rouse  all  his  displeasure. 

For  he  remembered  that  they  are  hut  flesh, 

A  wind  that  passeth  away,  and  doth  not  return. 

How  often  provoked  they  him  in  the  wilderness, 

They  grieved  him  in  the  desert ! 

And  they  turned  back,  and  tempted  God, 

And  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  they  moved  : 

They  remembered  not  his  hand. 

Nor  the  day  when  he  delivered  them  from  *  adversity : 

V. 

How  he  had  wrought  in*  Egypt  his  signs. 

And  his  *  marvels  in  the  field  of  Zoan, 

And  had  turned  into  blood  their  rivers. 

And  their  *  streams,  that  they  coidd  not  drink.  [them. 

He  sent  among  them  ^all  manner  of  flies,  and  they  devoured 

And  frogs,  and  they  destroyed  them. 

And  he  gave  to  the  catepillar  their  increase. 

And  their  labour  to  the  locust. 

He  destroyed  with  hail  their  vines, 

And  their  sycamore  trees  with  frost : 

And  he  gave  up  to  hail  their  cattle. 

And  their  flocks  to  thunderbolts. 

He  sent  on  them  the  fierceness  of  his  wrath, 

Anger,  and  indignation,  and  *  adversity. 

Sending  amoTn(j  thnn  angels  of  evil. 

"  In  tliis  part  of  iho  Psalm  is  shewn  llio  artol'aii  epic  poet,  who  begins 
with  going  in  medias  res,  and  then  recounts  past  events  by  an  episode. 


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He  made  a  way  for  his  wrath  ; 

lie  spared  not  from  death  their  soul, 

And  their  Hfe  to  the  2)estilence  he  gave  over : 

And  he  smote  every  first  born  in  Egypt, 

The  chief  of  their  strength  in  the  tabernacles  of  Ham. 

But  he  led  forth,  like  slieep,  his  people ; 

And  guided  them,  like  a  flock,  in  the  wilderness ; 

And  he  led  them  in  *  confidence,  and  they  feared  not, 

And  their  enemies  were  overwhelmed  in  the  sea.* 

And  he  brought  them  to  the  borders  of  his  Sanctuary, 

The  mountain  which  *'he  had  purchased  with  his  right  hand; 

And  he  cast  out  before  them  the  heathen. 

And  divided  to  them  by  line  an  inheritance. 

And  caused  to  dwell  in  their  tents  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

But  they  tempted,  and  *  rebelled  against  God  Most  High, 

And  his  testimonies  they  kept  not. 

But  turned  back,  and  dealt  unfaithfully  as  their  fathers ; 

They  started  aside,  like  a  bow  that  is  deceitful ; 

And  they  grieved  him  with  their  high  places, 

And  with  their  graven  images  they  made  him  jealous. 

VI. 

God  heard,  and  he  was  wroth ; 

And  had  an  abhorrence  exceeding  great  of  Israel, 

And  he  forsook  the  tabernacle  of  Shiloh, 

The  tent  that  he  had  pitched  among  men, 

And  delivered  into  captivity  his  strength. 

And  his  beauty  into  the  hand  of  the  *  adversary. 

And  he  gave  over  to  the  sword  his  people ; 

And  with  his  inheritance  he  was  wroth : 

Their  •=  young  men  were  devoured  by  the  fire,** 

"  Heb.  overwhelmed  the  sea. 

''  lleb.  had  purchased  his  right  hand. 

"  Heb.  chosen  men.  '"  Ilcb.  devoured  the  fire. 

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168  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  III. 

And  their  maidens  *  made  no  funeral  song ;  ' 
Their  priests  by  the  sword  were  slain, 
And  their  widows  made  no  lamentation. 

Then  the  Lord  awoke,  as  one  out  of  sleep. 

As  a  mighty  man  refi-eshed  with  wine  : 

And  he  smote  his  *  adversaries  in  the  hinder  part; 

A  ** perpetual  reproach  he  cast  on  them. 

And  he  "^refused  the  Tribe  of  Joseph, 

And  the  Tribe  of  Ephraim  he  chose  not. 

But  he  chose  the  Tribe  of  Judah, 

The  hill  of  Slon,  which  he  loved : 

And  he  built  like  high  places  his  Sanctuary : 

As  the  earth  he  hath  founded  it  for  ever. 

And  he  chose  David  his  servant. 

And  took  him  from  the  folds  of  sheep : 

From  following  the  ewes  he  brought  him, 

To  feed  Jacob  his  [)eoplc, 

And  Israel  his  inheritance. 

And  he  fed  them  in  the  integrity  of  his  heart, 

And  by  the  '^skilfulness  of  his  hands  he  guided  them. 

"  Heb.  did  not  praise  :  the  verb  is  active.  This  meaning  has  been 
hazarded,  as  apparently  the  most  consistent :  and  thus  this  line  will  form 
the  second  of  an  alternate  parallel  quatrain.     Vide  Schleusner  in  voc. 

TTtvOflO. 

•"  Heb.  reproach  perpetual. 

'  Heb.  abhorred :  DKD  ,  the  same  word  so  translated  before. 

''  Heb.  understanding ;  a  great  understanding  :  niJUn- 


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PSALM  LXXIX. 
A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

I. 

O  God,  the  ^heathen  are  come  into  thine  inheritance  : 

They  have  defiled  the  Temple  of  thy  holiness  : 

They  have  laid  Jerusalem  in  heaps  :        [the  fowls  of  heaven, 

They  have  given  the  dead  bodies  of  thy  servants  as  meat  to 

The  flesh  of  thy  saints  to  the  beasts  of  the  land. 

They  have  shed  their  blood  like  water  round  about  Jerusalem, 

And  there  is  none  to  bury. 

We  are  become  a  reproach  to  our  neighbours, 

A  scorn  and  derision  to  them  that  are  round  about  us. 

II. 
How  long,  O  Lord,  wilt  thou  be  angry  ? 
Shall  ''thy  jealousy  for  ever  burn,  like  fire?        [known  thee. 
Pour  out  thine  indignation  upon  the  heathen  that  have  not 
And  on  the  kingdoms  that  on  thy  Name  have  not  called : 
For  they  have  ''devoured  Jacob, 
And  his  dwelling  place  they  have  laid  waste. 

III. 
Remember  not  the  iniquities  of  *  them  that  were  before  us;** 
Let  ''thy  tender  mercies  speedily  prevent  us, 
For  we  are  *^  brought  low  exceedingly. 

*  Heb.  are  come  the  heathen. 

•^  Heb.  for  ever  shall  burn  like  tire  their  anger  ':* 

■^  ?3N  is  the  received  reading  :  but  the  LXX,  both  our  versions,  and 
16  Hebrew  MSS.  read  l^DX- 

''  So  the  marg.  of  Kug.  Bil)!.,  and  the  compilers  of  the  Litany  :  but  the 
text  of  the  English  Bible  and  Prayer  Book,  and  the  LXX,  make  it  agree 
with  nuy ,  "  our  former  iniquities." 

•  Heb.  speedily  prevent  us  thy  tender  mercies. 
'   i7rTi.ii\tviritiin\ 


170  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  III. 

Help  us,  O  God  of  our  salvation,  for  the  glory  of  thy  Name ; 
And  deliver  us,  and  *  forgive  our  sins,  for  the  sake  of  thy 
Name. 

IV. 

Wherefore  say  the  heathen.  Where  is  their  God  ? 

Make  "known  amonoc  the  heathen  in  our  si<rht 

The  vengeance  of  the  blood  of  thy  servants  that  is  shed. 

Let'^  the  sighing  of  the  prisoners  come  l)efore  thee  : 

According  to  the  greatness  of  thy  power,  reserve  the  children 

of  death.<= 
And  render  to  our  neighliours  sevenfold  the  reproach 
Wherewith  they  have  reproached  thee,  O  Lord. 


And  we,  thy  people,  and  sheep  of  thy  pasture, 

Shall  give  thanks  to  thee  for  ever  : 

From  generation  to  generation  we  will  declare  thy  praise. 

"  Heb.  let  it  be  known. 

''  Ileb.  let  come  before  thee  the  sij^hs  of  the  prisoners. 
'^  Marg.  Eng.  Bib). :   that  is,  "  let  there  be  sonic  spared  out  of  those 
who  are  marked  out  for  death  by  their  enemies." 


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PSALM  LXXX. 

To  the  Chief  Musician  on  Shoshannim  Eduth.      A  Psahn  of 

Asaph. 

I. 

O  Shepherd  of  Israel,  give  ear  : 

Thou  that  leadest  Joseph  as  a  sheep  : 

Thou  that  sittest  between  the  Cherubims,  shine  forth. 

Before  Ephraim,  and  Benjamin,  and  Manasseh, 

Lift  up  thy  strength,  and  come  to  save  us. 

O  God,  turn  us  again,  [saved. 

And  shew  the  light  of  thy  countenance,  and  we  shall  be 

II. 

O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  [people  ? 

How   *long   wilt  thou  be  angry  against  the  prayer  of  thy 

Thou  makest  them  to  eat  the  bread  of  tears. 

And  thou  makest  them  to  drink  of  tears  in  great  measure. 

Thou  makest  us  a  strife  to  our  neijirhbours. 

And  our  enemies  are  scornful  to  us : 

O  ^  God  of  hosts,  turn  us  again  :  [saved. ° 

And  shew  the  light  of  thy  countenance,  and  we  shall  be 

III. 
A  vine  out  of  Egypt  thou  didst  bring  : 
Thou  didst  cast  out  the  heathen,  and  plant  her : 
Thou  madest  room  before  her. 
And  she  took  deep  ^  root,  and  filled  the  land : 
The  "^  hills  were  covered  with  her  shadow, 

"  A  frequent  expression  in  the  Psulnis  of  Asaph. 

'•  Observe  the  advance  in  each  recurring  burthen,  "  O  (Jod  ;  "  "  O  Cod 
of  hosts;"  "O  Lord  God  of  hosts." 

•^  Here  a  Diapsahna  occurs  in  the  LXX,  and  in  the  right  phice. 

■^  Heb.  rooted  her  i-oots. 

*  Heb.  were  covered  the  hills. 


172  THE    BOOK   OP    PSALMS.  [Part  III. 

And  her  *arms''  were  as  the  cedars  of  God  : 
She  sent  out  branches  unto  the  sea, 
And  to  the  river  her  boughs. 

Why^  hast  thou  broken  down  her  hedges. 

So  that  tliey  phick  at  her  all  who  i)a8.s  l)y  the  way  ? 

The  '^  boar  out  of  the  wood  doth  root  it  up, 

And  the  beast  of  the  field  doth  devour  it. 

O  God  of  hosts,  return  even  now. 

Look  down  from  heaven,  and  behold,  and  visit  this  vine,* 

And  the  place,  which  thy  right  hand  hath  planted, 

And*^  the  branch  that  that  thou  madest  strong  tor  thyself. 

It  is  burnt  with  fire,  it  is  cut  down. 

At  the  rebuke  of  thy  countenance  let  them  perish. 

Let  thy  hand  be  upon  the  man*^  of  thy  right  hand, 
(^n  the  Son  of  man,  whom  thou  madest  strong  for  thyself, 
And  we  will  not  go  back  from  thee  : 
Let  us  live,  and  on  thy  Name  we  shall  call. 

O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  turn  us  again : 

Shew  the  light  of  thy  countenance,  and  we  shall  be  saved. 

"  Tlie  word  "  boughs,"  in  the  next  line  but  one,  is  ,a  different  word. 

''  All  tliis  is  in  the  style  of  Isaiah. 

"  Heb.  doth  root  it  up  the  boar  out  of  the  wood. 

''  Heb.  vine  this. 

"  So  both  our  translations  :  but  the  word  is  p  ,  "  Son."  The  LXX  has 
I'loj'  avdpuinov  :  2  of  Kennicott's  MSS.  have  mx  p ,  "  Son  of  man," 
•which  perhaps  is  right. 

'  tr\S  :  a  term  of  greater  honour  than  aiH,  which  occurred  before. 


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PSALM  LXXXI. 

To  the  Chief  Musician  u])uu  CJittith.      Of  Asaph. 

I. 

1.  Sing  for  *joy  to  God  our  strength: 
Make  a  joyful  noise  to  the  God  of  Jacob  : 
Take"  a  Psahn,  and  bring  the  timbrel, 
The  harp  of  pleasantness,  with  the  lute. 
Blow  up,  in  tlie  new  moon,  the  trumpet. 

In''  the  time  appointed,  on  the  day  of  our  feast. 

2.  For  a  statute '^  of  Israel  is  this  : 

A  *judgment  of  the  God  of  .facob  : 

A  testimony  in  Joseph  he  ordained  it. 

When  he  had  gone  forth  through  the  land  of  Egyi)t. 

A  <i language  lohlch  I  knew  not  I  heard: 

3.  I  cased  from  the  burthen  his  shoulder  : 
His  hands  from  the  pots  were  removed. 

In  trouble  thou  calledst,  and  I  delivered  thee : 
I  heard  thee  in  the  secret  place  of  thunder  : 
I  proved  thee  at  the  waters  of  strife. 

SELAH. 
II. 

1.   Hear,  O  my  people,  and  I  will  testify  unto  thee, 
O  Israel,  if  thou  wilt  hearken  unto  me. 
There  shall  not  be  in  thee  a  strange  God,® 


"  Or,  "  raise." 

^  non  :  "  at  the  hiding  of  the  inoon  :"  i.e.  "  the  new  moon." 

•^  ^  is  phiced  before  "  Israel,"  as  before  "  God  "  in  the  next  line. 

^  See  Dissert.  l.§  2. 

*  Heb.  God  strange. 


174  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Paht  III. 

Neither  shalt  thou  worship  any  other  God  ;  * 
I  am  the  Lord  thy  God, 
Who  brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt : 
Open  wide  thy  mouth,  and  I  will  fill  it. 

2.  But  my  ''peoj)le  hearkened  not  to  my  voice. 

And  Israel  would  have  none  of  me  :  [hearts  : 

So  I  gave  them  up  to  the  imaginations  of  their  own 
They  walked  in  their  own  counsels. 

3.  O  that  my  people  had  hearkened  unto  me. 
That  Israel  in  my  ways  had  walked  : 

Soon  their  enemies  I  should  have  put  down. 
And  against  them*  that  troubled  them  I  should  have 
turned  my  hand.  [to  him, 

The  haters  of  the  Lord  should  have  been  found  liars 
But  their  time  should  have  been  for  ever : 

And  he  should  have  fed  them  with  the  flour  of  wheat, 
And    from    the    rock    with    honey    should <=    I    have 
satisfied  thee.** 

"  Heb.  god  strange :  a  different  word  from  that  in  tlie  preceding  line. 
**  Heb.  hearkened  not  my  people. 

'^,  ''  The  LXX,  and  one  of  Kennicott's  MSS.,  reads  "  he"  and  "  them," 
which  is  obviously  right. 


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PSALM  LXXXII.f 
A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

I. 

1.  God  stancleth^^  in  the  congregation  of  tlie  niiglity  :^ 
Among  the  Gods  he  judgeth. 

2.  How  long  will  ye  jndge  wrongfully, 

And  the  persons  of  the  ungodly  will  ye  accept  ? 

SELAH. 
II. 

2.  Judge '^  the  low*^  and  destitute: 

To  the  poor  and  necessitous  do  justice : 

Deliver  the  low  and  needy  : 

Out  of  the  hand  of  the  ungodly  rid  them. 

They  know  not,  neither  will  they  understand : 

In  darkness  they  walk  on : 

All  ®  the  foundations  of  the  earth  are  moved. 

1.   As  for  me,  I  have  said,  Gods  are  ye ; 

And  children  of  the  Most  High  are  all  of  you  : 

But  like  men  shall  ye  die : 

And  like  one  of  the  princes  shall  ye  fall. 

Arise,  O  God,  judge  the  earth, 

For  thou  thyself  shalt  inherit  all  the  nations. 

t  DSJJ',"  judge,"  is  the  characteristic  word  of  this  Psalm. 
"  Heb.  is  set :  2VJ 

''  ^N,  Heb.  :  but  our  Bible,  with  the  LXX,  reads  DM^N  :  the  Syriac, 
"  of  angels  :"  our  Prayer  Book,  "  of  princes." 

*  Heb.  are  moved  all  the  foundations  of  the  earth. 


176  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Pa in   HI. 


PSALM  LXXXIII. 
A  Song  of  a  Psalm  of  Asaph. 


O  God,  keep  not  thou  silence : " 

Hold  not  thy  peace,  and  be  not  still,  O  God. 

For  lo,  thine  enemies  make  a  murmuring, 

And  they  that  hate  thee  lift  up  the  head. 

Against  thy  people  they  have  craftily  taken  counsel,^ 

And  have  consulted  against  thy  secret  ones.  [nation. 

They  have  said,  Come,  and  let  us  cut  them  off''  from  being  a 

And  let  there  be  no  remembrance  of  the  name  of  Israel  any 

For  they  have  consulted  together  with  one  heart ;  ^       [more. 

Against  thee  a  covenant  have  they  made  : 

The  tabernacles  of  Edom,  and  of  the  Ishmaelites, 

Of  Moab,  and  of  the  Hagarencs  : 

Gebal,  and  Amnion,  and  Amalck, 

Philistia,  with  the  inhabitants  of  Tyre  ; 

Assur®  also  is  joined  to  them  : 

They  have  been  an  arm  to  the  children  of  Lot. 

SELAH. 

II. 
Do  to  them  as  to  Midian  : 

As  to  Sisera,  as  to  Jaljin,  at  the  brook  of  Kison  ; 
They  ^perished  at  Endor  ; 
They  became  as  dung  for  the  earth. 
Make  them  and  their  nobles  as  Oreb  and  as  Zeeb : 
And  as  Zeba  and  as  Zalmunna  all  their  princes :  ^  [God. 

Who  said,  let  us  take  in  possession  to  ourselves  the  houses  of 

'  lieb.  keep  not  silence  to  thyself. 

''  niD  :  secret  counsel.  "^   I leb.  remove  them 

'   Ilel).  heiirt  one.  '   Heb.  also  Assur. 

'  Heb.  were  destroyed.  *  "anointed  ones  :"  DD'DJ- 


Part  III.]  THE    HOOK    OF    I'SALMS.  177 

O  my  God,  make  them  as  a  wheel ;" 

As  the  stubble  before  the  whid : 

As  the  fire  burnetii  the  wood, 

And  as  the  flame  consumeth  the  mountains, 

Even  so  persecute  ''them  with  thy  tempest. 

And  with  thy  storm  *  trouble  them. 

Fill  their  faces  with  shame, 

And  they  shall  seek  thy  Name,  O  Lord. 

Let  them  be  *  confounded  and  troubled  more  and  more, 

And  let  them  be  put  to  shame  and  perish  ; 

And  they  shall  know  that  thou,  whose  Name  is  Jehovah, 

Art  alone  the  ^Nlost  High  over  all  the  earth. 

*  Or,  "whirlwind:"    confer  Isaiah  xvii.  13,  14.,  which    this   passage 
strongly  resembles. 
''  Heb.  follow  them. 


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178  THE    BOOK    OF    rSALMS.  [Pabt  HI- 


PSALM  LXXXIV. 

To  tlic  Chief  Musician  on  GIttith.     A  Psalm  of  the  Sons  of 

Korah. 

I. 

How  amiable  are  thy  tabernacles,  O  Lord  of  Hosts ! 

My  "soul  longeth,  yea,  even  fainteth  for  the  courts  of  the 

My  heart  and  my  flesh  ^'rejoice  in  the  God  of  life."    [Lord  : 

Yea,  the  sparrow  hath  found  an  house, 

And  the  swallow  a  nest  where  she  may  lay  her  young : 

Even  thine  altars,  O  Lord  of  Hosts,  my  King  and  my  God. 

Happy  *  are  they  that  dwell  in  thy  house  : 

For  ever  will  they  be  praising  thee. 

SELAH. 

II. 

Happy  is  the  man  whose  strength  is  in  thee, 

Those  ^  in  whose  hearts  are  the  ways :  [it : 

Passing  through  the  vale  of  *  tears,  a  well  they  make 
Yea,  the  pools  are  filled  with  water  : 
They  shall  go  from  strength  to  strength  : 
He  shall  appear  before  God  in  Sion.*" 
O  Lord  God  of  Hosts,  hear  my  prayer  : 
Give  ear,  O  God  of  Jacob. 

SELAII. 

III. 
Thou  iclio  art  our  shield,  behold,  O  God  : 
And  look  upon  the  face  of  thine  Anointed. 

•  Ilcb.  longeth,  yea,  even  fainteth  my  soul. 

*■  Heb.  sing  for  joy. 

"^  Ileb.  God  living. 

''  Ileb.  the  ascents  arc  in  their  hearts. 

'  "  Gofl  of  Gods,"  Prayer  Rook   and  LXX,  which  also  reads,  6<pQi}- 


Pakt  III.]  THE    150()lv    OF    PSALMS.  179 

For  better  is  n  duy  in  thy  courts  tluin  a  tlious-and  : 
I  had  rather  be  a  doorkeeper  in  tlie  liouse  of  my  God, 
Than  dwell  in  the  tents  of  ungodliness. 

For  a  sun  and  a  shield  is  the  Lord  God  : 

Grace  and  glory  the  Lord  will  give  :  *  [fectly. 

He  will  withhold  no  good  thing  from  them  that  walk  *per- 

O  Lord  of  hosts, 

Happy  is  the  man  that  trusteth  in  thee. 

*  Ileb.  will  jrivc  the  Lord. 


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180  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Paht  III. 


PSALM  LXXXV.f 
To  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psahn  of  the  Sons  of  Korah. 


1.  Thou  hast  become  gracious,  O  Lord,  to  thy  land : 

2.  Thou  hast  turned  the  captivity  "of  Jacob : 
Thou  hast  ^forgiven  the  iniquity  of  thy  people  : 
Thou  hast  covered  all  their  sins. 

SELAH. 

2.  Thou  hast  taken  away  all  thy  displeasure  : 

Thou  hast  turned  thyself  from  the  indignation  of  thy  wrath. 

Turn  us,  O  God  of  our  salvation, 

And  let  ''thine  anger  cease  from  us. 

Wilt  thou  for  ever  be  displeased  at  us  ?  [generation  ?  ^ 

"Wilt  thou  stretch  out  thy  wrath  from  generation  to 

Wilt    not    thou    thyself   turn    again,    loilt    not    thou 

quicken  us. 
That  ^thy  people  may  *be  glad  in  thee? 
Shew  us,  O  Lord,  thy  mercy. 
And  thy  salvation  grant  unto  us. 
I  will  hearken  what  ^God  the  LoRD  will  speak. 
For  he  shall  speak  peace  to  his  people,  and  to  his  saints. 
That  ^they  turn  not  again  to  folly. 

t  3tJ*  "  turn,"  is  the  characteristic  word  of  this  Psahn. 

*  ni3:r :  nearly  the  same  word  as  ns::',  "  thou  hast  turned." 
*■  nNK'3  :  hast  borne.     This  whole  paragraph  is  evangelical. 
'^  Heb.  and  let  cease  thine  anger. 

*  Heb.  and  generation. 
'  lleb.  and  thy  people. 

'  lleb.  shall  speak  God  the  Lord. 

K  I  suspect  instead  of  n^DS*?  the  reading  ought  to  bo  n^D.  T?  ,  "  those 
who  turn  their  heart.  Selah."  This  would  be  exactly  the  place  for  the 
Diapsalma;  and  the  word  "folly"  seems  redundant.  The  LXX  reads 
Kai  Inl  ToiiQ  irrKTrp'tipovraf:  npog  nvror  KopSiav  •  reading  37  (p)  ''2W  /Kl , 
or,  lV  ih ,  instead  of  H^Dd"?  U^t'*  '?K1  • 


Part  III.]  THE   BOOK   OF   PSALMS.  181 

1 .  Truly  nigh  unto  them  that  fear  him  is  his  salvation. 
That  glory  may  dwell  in  our  land. 

Mercy  and  Tinith  have  met  (together:) 
Righteousness  and  Peace  have  kissed  each  other : 
Truth  out  of  the  earth  shall  spring, 

And  Righteousness  from  heaven  hath  looked  down. 
Yea,  the  Lokd  shall  give  that  which  is  good. 
And  our  land  shall  give  her  increase : 
Righteousness  shall  go  before  him, 
And  shall  direct  in  the  way  his  goings. 


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182  rilK    IJOOK   OF    riNALMS.  [Part  III. 


PSALM  LXXXVI. 

A  Prayer  of  David. 

1. 

Bow  clown,  O  Lord,  thine  ear ; 

O  hear  me,  for  poor  and  needy  am  I. 

Keep  *my  soul,  for  holy  am  I : 

Save  thy  servant,  thou  icho  art  my  God, 

Thy  servant  that  trusteth  in  thee. 

Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Lord, 

For  unto  thee  do  I  cry  all  the  day. 

Make  *glad  the  soul  of  thy  servant. 

For  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  my  soul  I  do  lift  up. 

For  thou.  Lord,  art  good,  and  forgiving. 

And  plenteous  in  mercy  to  all  that  *  cry  unto  thee. 


Give  ear,  O  Lord,  unto  my  prayer. 

And  ponder  the  voice  of  my  supplications. 

In  the  day  of  my  trouble  I  will  call  upon  thee. 

For  thou  wilt  hear  me. 

There  is  none  like  thee  among  the  gods,  O  Lord  : 

And  there  is  nothing  like  thy  works. 

All  the  *  heathen  whom  thou  hast  made 

Shall  come  and  worship  before  thee,  O  Lord, 

And  shall  glorify  thy  Name. 

For  great  art  thou,  and  one  that  doest  wonders ; 

Thou  art  God  alone. 

3. 
Teach  "me,  O  Lord,  thy  way ;  I  will  walk  in  thy  truth 
O  ''knit  my  heart  to  thee,  that  I  may  fear  tliy  Name. 

"  *31K,  "  Lord,"  is  the  characteristic  word  of  this  Psahu. 
''  Heb.  direct,  or  guide.  '   Ileb.  unite. 


Part  III.]  T'HE    BOOK    OF   PSALMS.  183 

I  Avill  praise  thee,  O  Lord  iny  God,  with  till  my  heart. 
And  I  will  glorify  thy  Name  for  ever. 

For  thy  mercy  is  great  towards  me,  [nethermost. 

And  thou  hast  delivered  my   soul    from    the    hell    that    is 

4. 

O  God,  the  proud  are  risen  against  me, 

And  the  *  companies  of  terrible  men  seek  after  my  soul. 

And  they  have  not  set  thee  before  them. 

5. 
But  thou,  O  Lord,  art  a  God  compassionate  and  gracious. 
Slow  *to  anger,  and  plenteous  in  mercy  and  truth. 
Look  *upon  me,  and  have  mercy  upon  me  ; 
Give  thy  strength  to  thy  servant, 
And  save  the  son  of  thine  handmaid. 
Shew  unto  me  a  token  for  good. 
And  they  shall  see  it  who  hate  me,  and  be  ashamed. 
For  thou.  Lord,  hast  holpen  me,  and  comforted  me. 


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184  THE    ROOK    OF    I'SAL.MS.  [Part  III. 


PSALM  LXXXVII.t 
A  Psalm  of  a  Song  of  the  Sons  of  Korah. 

I. 

His  foundation  is  in  the  hills  of  holiness : 

The  "Lord  loveth  the  gates  of  Sion 

Above  all  the  dwellings  of  Jacob. 

Glorious  things  are  spoken  of  thee,  O  City  of  God. 

SELAH. 

II. 
I  will  make  mention  of  Rahab  and  Babylon  to  them  that 

know  me  : 
Behold  Philistia,  and  Tyre,  and  *  Cush ; 

This  man  Avas  born  thcre.^ 
But  of  Sion  it  shall  be  said. 

This  "^man  and  that  man  was  born  in  her : 
And  He  himself  shall  stablish  her,  cveti  the  Most  High. 
The  Lord  shall  recount,  when  he  writeth  up  the  people,* 

This  man  was  born  there. 

SELAH. 

III. 

And  the  singers  as  well  as  the  *  minstrels*  shall  saij. 
All  my  springs  are  in  thee. 

f  nV^ ,  "  born,"  is  the  charactei'istic  word  of  this  Psalui. 
"  Ileb.  loveth  the  Lord. 

''  Here  "  Selah  "  occurs,  and  not  inopportunely,  in  two  of  Kennicott's 
MSS. 

"  f'NI  V^ :  the  word  generally  signifies  "  vir,"  a  distinguished  man. 

''  Ileb.  peoples. 

•  D'77n,  players  on  wind  instruments. 


Part  III.]  THE    BOOK    Or    I'SALMS.  185 


PSALM  LXXXVIII. 

A  Song  of  a  Psalm  of  the  Sons  of  Korali.  To  the  Chief 
Musician  on  Mahalath  Leannoth.  INlaschil  of  Heman  the 
Ezrahite. 

I. 

0  Lord  God  of  my  salvation. 

By  clay  have  I  cried,  by  night  before  thee : 
Let  *my  prayer  enter  into  thy  presence : 
Incline  thine  car  unto  my  calling : 
For  full  of  troubles  is  my  soul ; 
And  my  life  to  hell  draweth  nigh  : 

1  am  counted  with  them  that  go  down  to  the  pit : 
I  am  even  as  a  ^man  without  strength : 

Free  ''among  the  dead. 

Like  the  wounded,  that  lie  in  the  grave. 

Whom  thou  rememberest  no  more  ; 

And  they  from  thy  hand  are  cut  off. 

Thou  hast  laid  me  in  the  lowest  pit,** 

In  *^  thick  darkness,  in  the  deeps. 

On  me  lieth  hard  thy  wrath. 

And  with  all  thy  waves  thou  hast  afflicted  me. 

SELAH. 

■  Heb.  let  enter  into  thy  presence  my  prayer, 

*"  ")3!l :  "  a  great  man." 

"  Heb.  among  the  dead  free  :  "  cast  out,"  Bp.  Horsley ;  which  well 
expresses  the  idea.  The  dead  bodies  were  scattered,  unconfiued,  un- 
collected. 

"  Heb.  pit  ol'  abysses,  •  Heb,  darknesses. 


186  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Pabt  III. 

II. 

Thou  hast  put  away  mine  acquaintance  from  mc ; 
Thou  hast  made  mc  an  abomination  to  them. 
I  am  sluit  up,  and  I  cannot  g'ct  forth  : 
Mine  eye  failetli  for  affliction. 

I  have  called  uj)on  thee,  O  Loud,  all  day : 
I  have  sti'ctched  forth  to  thee  mine  hands. 
Wilt  *  thou  to  the  dead  shew  wonders  ? 
Shall  ^  the  dead  bodies  arise  ?  shall  they  praise  thee  ? 

SELAH. 

III. 

Shall  "^thy  mercy  be  declared  in  the  grave, 
Thy  faithfulness  in  destruction  ? 
Shall  "^thy  wonders  be  known  in  the  dark, 
And  thy  righteousness  in  the  land  of  forgetfulness  ? 
But  as  for  me,  unto  thee,  O  Lokd,  I  have  cried. 
And  in  the  morning  shall  my  prayer  prevent  thee. 
AVhy,  O  Lord,  castest  thou  off  my  soul, 
Wliij  hidest  thou  thy  face  from  me  ? 
Afflicted  am  I,  and  *  weary  ; 

From  my  youth  I  suffer  thy  terrors :  I  am  troubled : 
Over  me  goeth  thy  fierce  wrath  ;  ® 
Thy  terrors  have  cut  mc  off. 
They  came  about  me,  like  the  waters,  all  day : 
They  compassed  me  on  every  side.^ 
Thou  hast  put  away  from  mc  lover  and  friend : 
Mine  acquaintance  arc  in  darkness. 

"  There  is  no  interrogation  here  in  the  Syriac. 

''  Q^SD") :  an  expression  of  Isaiah's. 

'■  Ilcb.  shall  be  declared  in  the  grave  thy  mercy. 

■^  Heb.  shall  be  known  in  the  dark  thy  wonders. 

"  Heb.  wraths.  '  Heb.  tojrether. 


Part  III.]  THE    BOOK   OF    I'.SALMS.  IH* 


PSALM  LXXXIX.  t 

Maschll  of  Ethan  the  Ezrahite. 

I. 
The  Mercies  of  the  Lord  for  ever  will  I  slug  : 

From  generation  to  generation  I  will  make    known   tliy 
Truth  with  my  mouth  : 
For  "•!  have  said.  For  ever  Mercy  .shall  be  built  u[) : 
The  heavens . . .  thou  shalt  establish  thy  Truth  in  them. 
I  have  made  a  covenant  with  my  chosen  : 
I  have  sworn  unto  David  my  servant. 
For  ever  will  I  establish  thy  seed, 

And  build,  up  from  generation  to  generation  thy  throne. 

SELAH. 

II. 

And  ^the  heavens  shall  praise  thy  wonders,  O  Lord, 
Even  thy  Truth  in  the  congregation  of  the  saints : 

For  who  among  the  clouds  shall  be  compared  to  the  Lord  ? 
fr/io  shall  be  likened  nnto  the  Lord  among  the  sons  of 

the  gods  ? 
God  "^is  greatly  to  be  had  in  *awe  in  the  council  of  the  saints. 
And  to  be  *  feared  by  all  them  that  are  round  about  him. 

O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  who  is  like  unto  thee  ? 

The  mighty  Lord  :  and  thy  Truth  is  round  about  thee. 

It  is  Thou  tvho  rulest  the  raging  of  the  sea : 

At  the  rising  of  the  waves  thereof  ?t  is  Thou  irho  stillest  them. 

It  is  Thou  tvho  hast  ^  broken  Kahab,  as  one  that  is  slain  : 

t  TDn,  and  riJICX  ,  "  mercy  "  and  "  tnitli,"  are  the  characteristic  words 
of  this  Psalm. 

"  on  t'lTTag  :  LXX  :  "  For  thou  hast  said,"  which  seems  best. 

''  Heb.  and  shall  praise  the  heavens. 

'^  Ileb.  God,  &c.  —  of  saints  greatly. 

''  Heb.  broken,  as  one  that  is  slain,  Kahab. 


188  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  III. 

With  the  strength  of  thine  arm  thou  hast  scattered  thine 
Thine  arc  the  heavens:  thine  "also  is  the  earth  :  [enemies. 
The   world  and   the   fulness   thereof,    it  is   Thou    ivho  hast 

founded  them. 
The  North  and  the  South,  it  is  Thou  who  hast  created  them  : 
Tabor  and  Hcnnon  in  thy  Name  sliall  sing  for  joy. 
Thine  is  an  arm  of  might : 
Strong  is  thy  hand  :  high  is  thy  right  hand. 
Righteousness  and  Judgment  are  the  habitation  of  thy  throne  : 
Mercy  and  Truth  shall  go  before  thy  face. 

Happy  is  the  people  that  know  the  joyful  ^ sound,  O  Lord  : 

In  the  light  of  thy  countenance  they  shall  walk : 

In  thy  Name  sliall  they  delight  all  day  long, 

And  in  thy  Righteousness  shall  they  be  exalted. 

For  the  beauty  of  their  strength  art  thou  : 

And  in  thy  loving  kindness  shalt  thou  exalt  our  horn  : 

For  of  the  Lord  is  our  shield ; 

And  of  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  is  our  King. 

Thou  ''spakest  sometime  in  vision  to  thy^  saints,  and  saidst ; 

I  have  laid  help  on  one  that  is  mighty, 

I  have  exalted  one  chosen  from  the  people. 

I  have  found  David  my  servant ; 

With  the  oil  of  my  holiness  have  I  anointed  him. 

With  whom  my  hand  shall  be  established ; 

Mine  '^arm  also  shall  strengthen  him. 

The  ^cnemy  shall  not  do  him  violence. 

And  the  son  of  wickedness  shall  not  afflict  him. 

■  Heb.  also  thine. 

"  That  is,   the  sound  of  the  trumpet  appointed  by  God  to  be  blown 
on  the  chief  festivals.     See  Levit.  xxv.  9.  :  so  Bp.  Horsley  renders  the 

word  nynn- 

"  Ileb.  then  thou  spakest. 

^  The  word  "  saints  "  is  in  the  plural  in  the  LXX,  70  MSS.,  and  in  the 
Prayer  Book. 

*■  Heb.  also  mine  arm. 

'  Heb.  shall  not  be  lifted  up  the  enemy  against  him. 


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And  I  will  beat  down  before  his  face  his  *  adversaries, 

And  them  that  hate  h'un  T  will  plague* 

And  my  Truth  and  my  jNlcrcy  shall  be  with  him. 

And  in  my  Name  shall  be  the  exaltation  of  his  ''horn. 

And  I  will  set  in  the  sea  his  hand, 

And  in  the  floods  his  right  hand. 

He  •=  shall  call  me,  My  Father  art  thou, 

My  God,  and  the  Rock  of  my  salvation. 

I  myself  also  my  first  born  shall  make  him, 

Higher  than  the  kings  of  the  earth. 

For  ever  will  I  keep  for  him  my  Mercy, 

And  my  covenant  shall  be  *true  with  him. 

And  I  will  make  to  endure  for  ever  his  seed, 

And  his  throne  as  the  days  of  heaven. 

If  ^  his  children  forsake  my  law, 

And  in  my  judgments  if  they  walk  not. 

If  my  statutes  they  break, 

And  my  commandments  they  do  not  keep. 

Then  will  I  visit  with  a  rod  their  offence. 

And  with  stripes  their  iniquity. 

But  my  Mercy  will  I  not  utterly  take  from  him. 

Nor  will  I  *be  wanting  in  my  Truth. 

I  will  not  break  my  covenant, 

And  that  which  is  gone  out  of  my  lips  I  will  not  alter : 

Once  have  I  sworn  by  my  holiness. 

That  David  I  will  not  fail. 

His  seed  for  ever  shall  endure. 

And  his  throne,  as  the  Sun  before  me  : 

As  the  Moon  it  shall  be  established  for  ever. 

And  *the  Witness  in  the  *  clouds  is  *true. 

SELAH. 

*  Ileb.  smite.  "  Ileb.  shall  be  exalted  his  horn. 

*  Kin,  emphatic.  "*  Heb.  if  forsake  his  children. 

*  That  is,  "  God  :  "   kciI  6  (^u'lprvq  iv  ovpavf  ttkttoi;. 


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III. 

But  "thou,  even  thou,  hast  cast  off,  and  hast  abhorred. 

Thou  liast  been  wroth  Avith  thine  Anohitcd. 

Thou  hast  made  void  the  covenant  ol"  thy  servant : 

Thou  ^  hast  cast  to  the  ground  his  crown : 

Thou  *=hast  broken  down  all  his  hed<j;cs: 

Thou  hast  brought  his  strong  holds  to  ruin. 

They  spoil  him,  all  that  pass  by  the  way  : 

He  is  become  a  reproach  to  his  neighbours  ; 

Thou  hast  exalted  the  right  hand  of  his  adversaries : 

Thou  hast  *made  glad  all  his  enemies. 

Thou  "^hast  also  turned  the  edge  of  his  sword, 

And  hast  made  lum  not  to  stand  in  the  battle. 

Thou  hast  ^caused  a  failing  of  his  brightness. 

And  his  throne  to  the  ground  thou  hast  cast  down. 

Thou  hast  shortened  the  days  of  his  youth  : 

Thou  hast  *"covered  him  with  shame. 

SELAII. 
IV. 

How  «long,  O  Lord,  wilt  thou  hide  thyself,  for  ever? 
Shall  thy  wrath  burn  like  fire? 
Remember  ''how  short  lived  I  am  : 

Wherefore  in  vain  hast  thou  created  all  the  sons  of  men  ? 
What  *  mighty  'man  is  he  that  liveth,  and  shall  not  see  death  ? 
Shall  Jhe  deliver  his  soul  from  the  hand  of  hell  ? 

SELAH. 


"  nnSI ,  emphatic. 
''  "  profaned,"  ^^n  :  tiiflSliXwrrar. 

"  This  is  in  llie  style  of  Isaiah,  and  of  the  Ixxxth  Psahn. 
''  Ileb.  also  tliou  hast. 

'  Ileb.  thou  hast  caused  to  fiiil  his  brightness. 
^  Ileb.  thou  hast  heaped  on  him. 
«  This  expression  is  frequent  in  the  Psalms  of  Asaph. 
••  Heb,  remember  me  how  short  lived. 

'  ")3i  :  this,  and  the  following  line  ('))fire  in  the  style  of  the  Ixxxviiith 
Psalm. 


Part  III.]  THE    liOOK    OF    rsAF.MS.  191 

V. 

Where  are  thy  Mercies  whicli  were  at  the  first,  O  Lord, 
Which  thou  swcaredst  to  David  in  thy  Truth  ? 
Renicuibcr,  O  Lord,  the  reproach  of  thy  servants, 
Which  I  do  bear  in  my  bosom  from  all  the  mighty  people, 
"Wherewith  thine  enemies  have  reproached,  O  Lord, 
Wherewith   they    have   reproached   the   footsteps   of   thine 
Anointed. 


Blessed  be  the  Lord  for  evermore 
Amen,  and  Amen. 


THE 


BOOK    OF    PSALMS. 


PART  IV. 
Psalm  XC.  to  CVI.  inclusive. 


V\nr  IV.l  TlIK    HOOK    Ol'    I'SALM^;.  J  95 

PSALM  XC. 

A  Prnyor  of  Moses  the  man  of  God. 

I. 

Loi'd,  ii  dwelling  place"   Thou   hast  been  to  us  *l'r(ini''  ge- 
neration to  generation. 
Before  the  mountains  were  brought  foi-th, 
Or''  the  earth  and  the  world  were  formed, 
Even  from  everlasting  to  everlasting  Thou  art  God. 

II. 
Thou  tinniest  man  to  destruction/ 
And  thou  say  est,  Return,  ye  children  of  men.* 

For  a  thousand  years  in  thy  sight  are  as  yesterda},^ 
For  it  is  past,  and  is  as  a  watch  in  the  night. 
Thou  *overwhelmest  them,  as  a  sleep  are  they  : 

In  the  morning  thei/  are  as  the  grass  which  groweth  up: 
In  the  morning  it  ^flourisheth,  and  groweth  up : 
At  eventide  it  is  cut  down,  and  withereth. 

ITI. 

For  we  consume*  away  in  thine  anger : 

And  in  thy*  hot  displeasure  Ave  are  troubled. 

Thou  hast  set  our  iniquities  before  thee. 

Our  secret  sins  in  the  light  of  thy  countenance. 

For  all  our  days  are  gone  in  thy  wrath, 

We  *  consume  our  years  as  a  tale. 

As  foi'  the  days  of  our  years,  in  them  are  seventy  years: 

"  Heb.  "  thou  hast,"  emiihatic. 

''  Ileb   in  generation  and  generation. 

*■  Ileb.  or  were  formed  the  earth,  &c. 

^  Ileb.  depression  :  K3T  :  t(i-hvo<(ti)'  :  LXX. 

*  This  is  like  Genesis  iii.  19. 
^   Ileb.  the  day  of  yesterday. 

*  Ileb.  flowereth. 


196  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  IV 

And  if  by  reason  of  strenirth  tliey  be  fourscore  years, 
Yet  is  their*  vigour''  hut  labour  and  sorrow, 
For  it  is  cut  off  soon,  and  we  *  fleet  away. 

IV. 

Who  knoweth  the  power  of  thine  anger  ? 
Even  according  to  the  fear  of  thee,  so  is  thy  wrath. 
To  number  our  days  so  teach  us,'' 
That  °we  may  apply  our  heart  unto  wisdom. 
Return,  O  Lord,  how  long  ? 
And  let  it  repent  thee  concerning  thy  servants. 
O  satisfy  us*  in  the  morning  with  thy  mercy, 
And  we  shall  *sing  for  joy  and  be  glad  all  our  days. 
Make  us  glad   according   to   the   days  ivherein  thou   hast 
The  years  wherein  we  have  seen  evil.  [afflicted  us, 

Shew  unto  thy  servants  thy  work. 
And  thy  *  majesty  unto  their  children.  [upon  us  : 

And  let  there  be  the  beauty  of  the  Lord  our  God 
And  the  work  of  our  hands  establish  thou  on  us, 
Yea,  the  work  of  our  hearts  establish  thou.'' 

°  TO  ir\iiov  :  LXX,  who  read  3m  instead  of  3m,  wliich  T  suspect  is 
the  correct  reading  :  "  Their  prolongation  of  the  ordinary  limit  of  life  :  " 
"  multitude,"  the  Syriac. 

''  Heb.  make  us  to  know.  '  Heb.  may  make  to  come. 

••  Heb.  establish  thou  it. 


r'ART  IV.]  Tilt:  BUCK  OF  fs.clms.  197 


l^SALM  XCI. 

I. 
He  that  dwelleth  in  the  secret  place  of  the  Most  High, 
Under  the  sliadow  of  the  Ahiiighty  shall  abide. 
I  will  say  unto  the  Lord,  My  refuge  and  ray  strong  hold. 
My  God  : . .  I  will  trust  in  him.  [fowler. 

For  it  is  He  ivlio  shall  deliver  thee  from  the  snare  of  the 
From  the  pestilence  of  afflictions. 
AVitli  his  feathers  he  shall  be  a  covering  to  thee, 
And  under  his  wings  thou  shalt  *  have  refuge : 
A  shield  and  buckler  shall  be  his  truth. 

Thou  shalt  not  be  afraid  for  the  terror  by  night. 

For  the  arrow  that  flieth  by  day  : 
For  the  pestilence  that  in  darkness  walketh. 
For  the  destruction  that  wasteth  at  noon-day. 

There  shall  fall  at  thy  side  a  thousand. 

And  ten  thousand  at  thy  right  hand : 

To  thee  it  shall  not  come  nigh. 

Yea,  with  thine  eyes  shalt  thou  behold ; 

And  the  reward  of  the  ungodly  thou  shalt  see. 

II. 

For  *thou,  O  Lord,  art  my  refuge: 

The  ]Most  High  thou  hast  made  thy  habitation. 
There  shall  not  bcfal  thee  anij  evil. 
And  plague  shall  not  come  nigh  thy  tabernacle. 

For  to  his  angels  he  shall  give  charge  concerning  thee, 

To  keep  thee  in  all  thy  ways  : 

In  their  hands  they  shall  bear  thee  up  : 

Lest  thou  dash  against  a  stone  thy  foot. 


■  This  second   part    being  parallel  to  the  first,  the  words  "  I  will  say 
unto  the  Lord."  are  to  he  tiiiderstood  before  thi?  line. 

o   3 


198  THE    BOOK    or    rSALMS.  [Paut  IV. 

On"  the  lion  and  audcr  tliun  !<lialt  "o  : 

Thou  shtilt  tread  upon  the  young  lion  and  dragon. 

111. 
Because  on  mc''  he  hath  set  his  love,  therefore  will  I  deliver 
I  will  set  him  u]),  because  he  hath  known  my  Name,     [him  : 
He  shall  eall  upon  me,  and  1  will  hear  him  : 
With  him  will  I  myself  be  in  trouble : 
1  will  deliver  him,  and  *  glorify  him. 
With  length  of  days  will  I  satisfy  him, 
And  shew  him  my  salvation. 

'  Hence  the  heathen  fables  of"  Ilerciiles,  Baeehus,  &e. 
*'  Here  Goel  speaks. 

*^*  The  second  part  of  this  Psahn  is  a  moral  anlistrophe  to  the  first. 
Among  other  particulars,  the  open  violence  of  the  lion,  and  the  subtlety 
of  the  serjjent,  are  opposed  to  the  secret  pestilence,  and  the  visible  arrow. 


Paht  1\'.J  IIIK    KOOK    OF    I'SAL.AIS.  191) 


PSALM  xcn. 

A  Psalm  ut' a  Song  lor  tlic  Saljbatli  day. 

I. 

It  Is  a  good  tliln<i|;  to  give  tlianks  unto  the  Loud, 

And  to  *niakc  a  ])salni  to  thy  Name,  O  ]Most  High  : 

To  shew  forth  in  the  morning  thy  mercy, 

And  thy  truth  in  the  niglit;* 

Upon  an  instrunient^  often  stri)i</s,  aud*^  up(jn  the  lute: 

Upon  a  loud*^  instrument,  ''with  the  harp. 

For  thou  hast  made  me  glad,  O  Lord,  because  of  thy  *doings,'^ 
Because  of  the  works  of  thy  hands  I  will  *slng  for  joy. 
How  great  are  thy  works,  O  LoirD  ! 
Exceeding*  deep  are  thy  thoughts. 

A  man  that  is  brutish  doth  not  know, 
And  a  fool  doth  not  understand  this  thing. 

II. 
When  ^the  wicked  spring  up  as  the  grass. 
And  all  the*^  doers  of  iniquity  do  flourish. 
It  is  that  they  may  be  destroyed  for  ever : 
But  Thou  art  exalted  for  evermore,  O  Loud. 

For  lo,  thine  enemies,  O  Lord, 
For  lo,  thine  enemies  shall  perish, 

•'  Ilcb.  nights.  ""  Heb.  upon  ten. 

•^  Or,  "  even  iipon,"  &c. 

^  ]Vir\ :  "  higgaion."     Vide  Psalm  ix.     If  X'J?  means   an  instrument, 
so  must  "  higgaion,"  since  vV  is  prefixed  to  each. 

"  Heb.  in  the  harp  '  Heb.  doing. 

*  Heb.  in  the  springing  up  of  the  wicked. 
**  Heb.  and  do  flourish  all,  kc. 

o   4 


200  TUEBOOK    or    PSALMS.  [Part  IV 

Ami  "all  the  tluers  uf  iniquity  s-liull  be  scattered: 
But^  mine  hoi-n  shall  be  exalted  like  an  iiiiicorn : 
1  am  anointed  with  "Afresh  oil. 

And  mine*^  eye  shall  *look  upon  mine  enemies  :    [shall  hear. 

And  of  those  that  rise  against  me,  even  the  wicked,  mine  ear 

ut. 

The  righteous  like  a  palm  tree  shall  *  spring  up, 

As  a  cedar  in  Lebanon  he  shall  spread  abroad. 

Those  that  are  planted  in  the  house  of  the  Lord 

In  the  courts  of  our  God  shall  flourish. 

Still  shall  they  bring  forth  fruit  in  old  age : 

Fat''  and  well  liking  shall  they  be. 

That  they  may  *  declare  how  upright  is  the  Lord,  my  rock  ; 

And  that  there  is  no  unrighteousness  in  him. 

■  Heb.  and  shall  be  scattered  all,  &c. 

''  Heb.  but  shall  be  exalted  as  an  unicorn  my  horn. 

*■  Ileb.  oil  fresh. 

''  Ileb.  and  shall  look  mine  eye. 

'  Like  the  style  of  Moses. 


Pakt  IV.J  the    book    Ot     F:jALMS.  201 


PSALM  XCIII. 

The  LoKD  is  King  :   with  majesty  he  is  apparelled  : 
Apparelled  is  the  Lord:  with  strength  he  hath  girded  himself. 

Surely  the  world''  is  established: 

Tt  cannot  be  moved  : 
Established  is  thy  throne  of"  old  :  ^ 

From  everlasting  art  Thou. 

Thc*^  floods  have  lifted  up,  O  Lokd, 
The  floods  have  lifted  up  their  voice  : 
The  floods  lift  vip  their  waves. 
Than  the  voices  of  many  waters,** 
Of  the  mighty  *  breakers  of  the  sea, 
More  mighty  on  high  is  the  Lord. 

Thy  testimonies  are  *true  *  exceedingly . 

In®  thy  house  is  the  *  beauty  *^  of  holiness,  O  Lord, 

JEven  to  the  *end  of  days. 

'  Heb.  is  establisberl  the  world. 
''  Heb.  from  them  :   itiarg.  Eng.  Bibl. 

*=  Heb.  have  lifted  up :   and  "  lift  up  the  floods,"  (in  these  three  conse- 
cutive lines). 

■*  Heb.  waters  many.  '  Heb.  to  thy  house. 

'  Not  the  same  word  as  in  Psalm  xcvi. :  here  it  is  n"lX3 ,  there  mn. 


202  Tin:    IJOOK    OF    rSALM.S.  [Pakt  IV 


rSALM  XCIV. 

I, 

O  God  of  vengeance,"  O  Loud, 
O  God  of  vengeance,  shine  forth. 
Lift  up  thyself,  O  Judge  of  the  earth, 
Kender  a  reward  unto  the  proud. 

llow^  long  shall  the  ungodly,  O  LoKU, 

How  long  shall  the  ungodly  triumph? 
They  utter,  they  speak  hard  things : 
They  boast  themselves,  all  the  doers  of  iniquity. 

Thy  people,  O  Lor.D,  they  smite  down  ; 

And  thine  heritage  they  afflict. 

The  widow  and  the  stranger  they  slay, 
And  the  fatherless  they  put  to  death. 
And  they  say,  The"  Lord  shall  not  see: 
And'^  the  God  of  Jacob  shall  not  *  understand. 

II. 
Understand"^,  ye  brutish  among  the  peoi)le : 
And  ye  fools,  when  will  ye  be  wise  ? 

lie  that  planteth  the  ear,  shall  not  he  hear? 

Or  he  that  formed  the  eye,  shall  not  he  *  behold  ? 

He  that  chastcneth  the  heathen,  shall  not  he  correct  ? 

He  that  tcacheth  man  knowledge,  even  the  Loud,*^ 

He  knowcth  the  thoughts  of  man,  that  they'''  are  vanity. 

"  Ilfb.  vengeances. 

'■  *nD  ly  :   an  ex])ressi()n  common  in  these  latter  I'salms. 
■    Ileb.  shall  not  sec  the  Lord. 

'•  lleb.  and  .'ihall  not  understand  the  God  of, Jacob. 
'   Compare  I'salni  xcii.  v.  6. 

'  1  have  ventured  to   alter   the   ut-ual    divi>ion   of  llnse   sentences,  to 
make  the  parallelism  more  cou.sistcnt. 
f-  "  they,"  emj)hatie. 


Paut  IV.]  J'UK    liOOK    OF    I'SALMS.  20:5 

Happy"  is  the  iiuui  whom  tliou  chiisteiiost,  ()  LoKi>, 

And  out  of  thy  l;iw  tcachest  liiiii. 

That  thoti  mayest  give  rest  to  hun  from  the  days  of  *  evil. 

Until  there  be  digged  uj)  for  the  ungodly  a  pit. 

For*"  the  Loud  will  not  cast  off  his  people, 

And  his  inheritance  he  will  not  forsake  : 

For  unto  righteousness  judgment  shall  return, « 

And  they  shall  ^  follow  it  all  that  are  upright  of  heart. 

III. 
Who  will  rise  up  for  me  against  the  wicked  ? 
Who  will  stand  up  for  nie  against  the  doers  of  iniquity? 
If  the  Lt)iiD  had  not  been  a  help  to  me. 
Quickly''  my  soul  had  dwelt  in  silence. 

When  I  said,  My  foot  hath  sllpped,*^ 

Thy  mercy,  O  Lord,  held  me  up. 
In  the  multitude  of  the  sorrows  within  me, 

Thy  comforts  have  delighted  my  soul. 

Shall  ^  the  throne  of  wickedness  have  fellowshij)  with  thee, 
AVhich  frameth  mischief  by  a  *  statute  ?  [teous : 

They  gather  themselves  together  against  the  soul  of  the  righ- 
And  the  blood  of  the  innocent  they  condemn. 

But'*  the  LoiiD  is  indeed  a  *high  tower  to  me,' 
And  my  God  is  the  Rock  of  my  refuge. 
And  he  shall  render  unto  them  their  iniquity  : 
And  in  their  own  wickedness  he  shall  cut  them  oH': 
He  shall  cut  them  off,  even  the  Lord  our  God. 

"  "12:- 

"  Ileb.  for  wilt  cast  oil"  the  Lord. 
""  Heb.  shall  return  judgment. 
**  Or,  "  ensue  it :"  enjoy  the  consequenees  of  it. 
"  Heb.  quickly  had  dwelt  in  silence  my  soul. 

'  Heb.  hath  slipped  my  foot.      In  this  stanza  there  is  an  alternation  of 
external  and  internal  sutfering  and  comfort. 

•>■  Ilcb.  shall  have  fellowship  with  thee  the  throne,  ^^vc. 
''  lleb.  but  is  the  Lord  :  "  is"  enqihalic. 
'  lleb.  to  mc  a  hijih  tower. 


204  i  UE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  IV. 


PSALM  XCV. 

I. 

O  come,  let  us  sing  unto  the  Lord  : 
Let  us  make  a  joyful  noise  in  the  Ivock  of  our  salvation 
Let  us  come  before  his  presence  with  thanksgiving, 
With  psalms  let  us  make  a  joyful  noise  unto  him. 

For  a  ''great  God  is  the  Lokd, 

And  a  ^  great  King  above  all  Gods. 

In  whose  hand  are  tlie  corners  of  the  earth, 

And  the  heights  of  the  hills  are  his  : 

Whose  is  the  sea,  and  He  made  it : 

And  "^the  di-y  land  his  hands  have  formed. 

II. 

O  *go,  let  us  worship  and  fall  down,  • 

Let  us  kneel  before  the  Lord  our  IMaker. 

For  He  is  our  God, 

And  we  are  the  people  of  his  pasture. 

And  the  sheep  of  his  hand. 

III. 
To  day  if  his  voice  ye  hear,  harden  not  your  heart. 
As  in  the  provocation, 

As  in  the  day  of  temptation  in  the  wilderness, 
When  ''your  fathers  tempted  me ; 
They  proved  me,  they  also  saw  my  works. 


•  Ileb.  God  great.  *'  Ileb.  King  great. 

'  r\^'2^  ■  very  Mosaical.     Compare  Gen.  i.  9.  &  10. 
''   Hf*)>.  \v))f'n  tonij>tc<l  n)P  vonr  (Vitlicrs. 


Part  IV.]  THL:    Uooiv    OF    I'SAI.MS.  205 

Forty  years  was  T  grieved  with  this  geiienilioii,  and  said. 

It  is  a  pc()i)le  that  do  err  in  their  heart, 

And  they  *have  not  known  my  ways. 

Unto  wlioni  I  sware  in  my  wrath, 

That  ^they  should  not  enter  into  my  i-est. 


•  "  they,"  emphatic. 

''    Heb.  if  they   sliouhi :    so   the  Septuagint ;   as    quoted  by  St.  Paul, 
Hebrews,  iv.  5. 


206  THE    BOOK    OK    I'SALMS.  [Part  IV 


rsAL:\r  xcvi. 
1. 

O  sing  unto  the  Lord  a  song  that  is  new : 

Sinjr  unto  the  Lord,  all  the  earth  : 

Sing  unto  the  Lord,  bless  ye  his  Name : 

Shew  forth  from  day  to  day  his  salvation. 

Tell  *  among  the  heathen  his  glory, 

Among  all  *  nations  his  wonders. 

For  great  is  the  Lord,  and  to  be  praised  highly. 

To  be  feared  is  He  above  all  gods. 

For  all  the  gods  of  the  nations  are  idols : 

But  the  Lord  the  heavens  hath  made. 

Honour  and  majesty  are  before  him  : 

Power  and  beauty  are  in  his  sanctuary. 

II. 
Give  unto  the  Lord,  O  ye  kindreds  of  the  *  nations, 
Give  unto  the  Lord  glory  and  power. 
Give  unto  the  Lord  the  glory  of  his  Name  : 
Bring  a  present,  and  go  into  his  courts. 
O  worship  the  Lord  in  the  *  majesty  of  holiness, 
Stand  in  awe  of  him,  all  the  earth. 
Say  among  the  heathen,  the  Lord  is  King. 

Truly  *the  "world  is  established,  it  shall  not  be  moved. 
He  shall  judge  the  *  nations  in  uprightness. 

Let  *'the  heavens  be  *ghul,  '"let  the  earth  rejoice  : 
Let  the  sea  roar,  and  the  I'ulncss  thereof: 


"  ITob.  is  estnl)li.slu'(l  the  world. 

'',  "  Hob.  let  be  glad:  let  rejoice  :  let  roar  :  let  be  joyful,  ike. 


Part  IV.]  THK    IJOuK    ol'    I'SALMS,  207 

Let  tlio  titld  1)0  joyriil,  and  all  that  is  in  it. 
Then  .sliall  *sing  for  joy  all  the  trees  of  the  wood  before 
the  Lord. 

For  he  conieth,  for  he  eonieth  to  judi^e  the  earth, 

He  shall  judii;e  the  world  in  righteousness: 

And  the  nations  in  his  truth. 


***  The  structure  of  tliis  Tsalin  is  exactly  that  of  the  xovth.  The  firs' 
stanza  commemorating  God's  general  Providence,  and  exhorting  to  general 
thanksgiving:  the  second,  his  grace,  and  exhorting  to  a  jicculiar  worsliij). 


208  TIIK    HOOK    OF    I'SAI.M^,  [rAKT  IV. 


PSALM  XCVII. 

I, 
The  Lord  is  King  :   *let  the  earth  rejoioe  : 
Let  ''the  multitude  of  the  isles  be  glad. 
Clouds  and  darkness  arc  round  about  him, 
llighteousness  and  judgment  are  the  habitation  of  his  throne. 

A  fire  before  him  shall  go. 

And  shall  burn  up  round  about  him  his  enemies. 

His  '^  lightnings  gave  shine  unto  the  world  ; 

The  '^  earth  saw,  and  was  afraid. 

The  hills  like  wax  melted  at  the  presence  of  the  Lord, 

At  the  presence  of  the  Lord  of  the  whole  earth. 

The  ®  heavens  declare  his  righteousness, 

And  *^all  the  *  nations  have  seen  his  glory. 

Let  them  be  *  ashamed  all  that  serve  a  graven  image, 

That  boast  themselves  of  idols : 

Worship  him,  all  ye  Gods. 

II. 
Sion  8 heard,  and  was  glad  : 
And  ''the  daughters  of  Judah  rejoiced. 
Because  of  thy  judgments,  O  Lord. 
For  thou,  Lord,  art  jNIost  High  above  all  the  earth  : 
Exceeding  *  high  *art  thou  above  all  gods, 

"   HeVi.  rcjoifo  tlio  earth.  ''  Heb.  be  glad  isles  many. 

*  Heb.  gave  shinn  his  liixhtniiigs. 

''  Heb.  saw  and  was  afraid  tlie  earth. 

*  Heb.  declare  the  heavens. 

'  Heb.  and  have  seen  all  the  nations. 

"  Heb.  heard  and  was  glad  Sion. 

"   Heb.  and  ivjoieed  the  rhmghters  of  Jiidah. 


Pakt  I  V.J  I'lIE    IIOOK    OF    PSALMS.  209 

O  yc  that  luve  the  Loud,  hate  evil : 

He  preservcth  the  souls  of  his  saints  : 

From  the  hand  of  the  ungodly  he  dclivereth  them. 

A  light  is  sprung  up  for  the  righteous, 

And  for  the  upright  of  heart  gladness. 

Be  *glud,  O  ye  righteous,  in  the  Lord, 

And  give  thanks  for  a  remembrance  of  his  holiness. 


*^.*  The  oonstructioii  of  this  Psalm  is  similar  to  that  of  the  xcvth  and 
xcvith. 


210  THE    ROOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  IV. 


PSALM  XCVITI. 
A  Psalm. 

O  sing  unto  the  Lord  a  song  that  is  new  : 

For  marvels  hath  he  done.  [the  arm  of  his  holiness. 

They  have  *  wrought  salvation  for  him,  his  right  hand,  and 

The^  Lord  hath  made  known  his  salvation, 

In^  the  sight  of  the  heathen  hath  he  revealed  his  righteousness. 

He  hath  remembered  his  mercy  and  his  truth  toward  the  house 

of  Israel. 
AH*'  the  ends  of  the  earth  have  seen  the  salvation  of  our  God. 

Shew*^  yourselves  joyful  unto  the  Lord,  all  the  earth  : 

Make  a  loud  noise,  ^rejoice,  and  *  sing  psalms. 

Sing*  psalms  to  the  Lord  with  the  harp, 

With  the  harp,  and  the  voice  of  a  psalm. 

With  trumpets,  and  the  *  voice  of  the  cornet, 
Shew  yourselves  joyful  before  the  King,  the  Lord. 

Let^  the  sea  roar,  and  the  fulness  thereof. 

The  world,  and  the  dwellers  therein. 
Let  the  floods  clap  the  hand  : 

Together  let  the  hills  ^rejoice  before  the  Lord. 

For  he  cometh  to  judge  the  earth  : 

He  shall  judge  the  world  in  righteousness ; 

And  the  nations  with  *  uprightness. 

■   Ileb.  liatli  iniuUi  kiuiwn  the  Ivor<l. 

*■  Ilcb.  in  the  eyes. 

'  Ileb.  have  seen  all  the  ends,  &c. 

"'  Heb.  make  a  joyful  noise  :   iy*")n. 

',  *  Heb.  sing  for  joy.  '  Heb.  let  roar  the  sea. 


Part  IV.]  THE    lU)OK    oF    I'SALMS.  211 


PSALM  XCIX. 

I. 

The  Lord  is  Kin<j :   *let  the  *  nations  tremble  : 

He  sitteth  between  the  Cherubim:  let  the  earth  be  moved. 
The  Lord  in  Sion  is  great, 

And  *  exalted  is  he  above  all  *the  nations. 

Let  them  give  thanks  unto  thy  Name ;  so  great  and  to 
Holy  is  He.  [be  feared : 

II. 
The''  strength  also  of  the  King  judgment  doth  love  : 
Thou,  e7-en  thou^  dost  establish  uprightness: 
Judgment  and  righteousness  thou,  even  thou,  dost  execute. 

Exalt  ye  the  Lord  our  God: 
And  worship  him  at  his  footstool:*^ 
Holy  is  He. 

III. 
Moses  and  Aaron  among  his  priests, 
And  Samnel  among  them  that  call  upon  his  Name  : 

They  called  upon  the  Lord,  and  he  heard  them. 
In  the  pillar  of  the  cloud  he  spake  unto  them : 
They  kept  his  testimonies,  and  the  *  statute  that  he  gave  them. 

O  Lord  our  God,  Thou  didst  hear  them : 

A  God  of  forgiveness  thou  wast  to  them  : 

Thouoh'^  thou  tookedst  vengeance  of  their  inventions. 

Exalt  ye  the  Lord  oiu*  God : 

And  worship  him  at  the  hill  of  his  holiness: 

For  holy  is  the  Lord  our  God. 

•  Heb.  tremble  the  nations.  ''  Heb.  and  the  strength. 

'  Heb.  stool  of  his  feet.  "^   Heb.  and. 

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212  TJIE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Pakj   IV 


PSALM  C. 

A  Psalm  of  thanksgiving. 

I. 

Make  a  joyful  noise  unto  the  Lord,  all  the  earth  : 
Serve  the  Lord  with  gladness : 
*Go  before  his  presence  with  a  song. 

Know  that  the  Lord  He  is  God : 

It  is  He  Avho  hath  made  us,  and  not  we  ourselves : 

JVe  ai-e  his  people,  and  the  sheep  of  his  pasture. 

II. 

O  go  into  his  gates  with  thanksgiving, 
Into  his  courts  with  praise. 
Give  thanks  unto  him, 
Bless  his  Name. 

For  God  is  the  Lord, 

Everlasting  is  his  mercy  : 

And  from  generation  to  generation  is  his  truth. 

*^*  This  Psalm  is  similar  in  its  construction  to  the  xcvth,  &c. ;  but 
there  is  a  difference.  Both  parts  speak  of  his  Proviilenoe  and  Grace  : 
both  refer  as  well  to  his  chosen  people,  as  to  the  whole  world.  The 
second  part,  however,  speaks  more  definitel}'  of  his  peculiar  worship  ; 
and  his  everlasting  grace,  which  shall  continue  when  the  Church  is  no 
longer  militant  on  earth,  is  commemorated. 


Pakt  IV.]  TUK    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  213 


PSALM  CI. 
Of  David.     A  Paalm. 


Of  mercy  and  judgment  will  I  sing : 

To  thee,  O  Lord,  will  I  *make  a  psalm. 

I  will  behave  myself  wisely  in  the  way  of  perfectness. 
O  when  wilt  thou  come  unto  me  ? 

I  will  walk  in  perfectness  of  heart  within  my  house. 
I  will  not  set  before  mine  eyes  any  thing  of  Belial. 
The  work  of  them  that  tui'n  aside  I  hate  : 
It  shall  not  cleave  to  me. 
A  heart  of  frowardncss  shall  depart  from  me. 
A  wicked  person  I  will  not  know.  [destroy  : 

Whoso  slandereth  in  secret  his  neighbour,  him  will  I 
The  *  haughty  of  eyes,  and  the  proud  of  heart,  him 
I  will  not  suffer. 

II. 
Mine  eyes  are  upon  the  faithful  of  the  land. 
That  they  may  dwell  *with  me. 

He  that  walketh  in  the  way  of  perfectness 
Even  he  shall  serve  me. 

He  shall  not  dwell  in  my  house,  whoso  worketh  deceit : 
He  that  speaketh  lies  shall  not  tarry  before  mine  *cyes. 
Soon  shall  I  destroy  all  the  ungodly  of  the  land, 
That  I  may  cut  off  from  the  city  of  the  Lokd  all 
workers  of  iniquity. 

"  Ilcb.  rest. 


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214  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [I'Ain    1\ 


PSALM  CII. 

A  Prayer  of  the  afflicted,  when  he  was  overwliehned,  and 
before  the  Lord  jjoured  out  liis  *  supplication. 


O  Lord,  hear  my  prayer : 

And  let  my  crying  unto  thee  come. 

Hide  not  thy  face  from  me  in  the  day  lolien  trouble  is  with  me 

Incline  unto  me  thine  ear  in  the  day  when  I  call : 

O  speedily  hear  me. 

II. 
For  they  are  consumed  like  smoke,  my  days  j 
And  my  bones  as  a  firebrand  are  burned  up. 
It  is  smitted  like  grass  and  withered,  my  heart. 

So  that  I  forget  to  eat  my  bread. 

For  the  voice  of  my  groaning 

My  "bones  are  cleaving  to  my  flesh. 

I  am  like  unto  a  pelican  of  the  wilderness, 
I  am  '^even  as  the  owl  of  the  deserts: 
I  have  watched,  and  I  am  ''even  as  the  sparrow 
Alone  upon  the  hovise  top. 

All  day  they  reproach  me,  mine  enemies, 

They  that  are  mad  upon  me  against  me  are  sworn  : 

For  ashes  like  bread  have  I  eaten  : 

And  my  drink  with  weeping  have  I  mingled  : 

Because  of  thine  indignation  and  wrath  : 

"   Ileb.  arc  rleaving  my  hones. 


Part  IV.]  THE    BO(3K    OF    PSALMS.  215 

For  thou  hast  taken  me  up,  and  cast  me  down  : 
My  days  like  a  shadow  are  declined, 
And  I  myself  like  grass  am  withered. 

111. 
But  thou,  O  Lord,  for  ever  shalt  endure, 
And  thy  remembrance  to  generations  and  generations. 
Thou  thyself  shalt  arise,  thou  shalt  have  mercy  upon  Sion  : 
For  it  is  time  tliat  thou  have  pity  on  her  ;  for  it  is  come,  the 
For  -"^ihy  servants  take  pleasure  in  her  stones  :  [set  time. 

And  on  her  dust  they  have  pity. 

And  the  '^heathen  shall  fear  the  Name  of  the  Lokd, 

And  all  the  Kings  of  the  earth  thy  gloi'y  : 

When  °the  Lord  shall  build  up  Sion, 

He  shall  a})pear  in  his  glory : 

He  will  regard  the  prayer  of  the  destitute. 

And  will  not  despise  their  prayer. 

This  "^ shall  be  v/ritten  for  the  generation  to  come  : 

And  the  people  which  shall  be  created  shall  praise  the  Lord. 

For  he  hath  looked  down  from  the  height  of  his  sanctuary : 

The  Lord  from  heaven  the  earth  hath  beheld : 

That  he  may  hear  the  groaning  of  the  prisoner, 

That  he  may  set  loose  the  children  of  death. 

That  they  may  *  tell  in  Sion  of  the  Name  of  the  Lord, 

And  of  his  praise  in  Jerusalem. 

At  the  gathering  of  the  *  nations  together, 

And  of  the  kingdoms,  to  serve  the  Lord. 


"  Ileb.  for  take  pleasure  thy  servants. 

•>  Heb.  and  shall  fear  the  heathen. 

"  Ileb.  when  shall  build  up  the  Lord. 

•'  Heb.  shall  lie  written  this. 


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216  THE    BOOK    OF    I'SALMS.  [I'akt  IV. 

IV. 

He  afflicted  in  the  way  my  strength  :  " 

He  shortened  my  days. 

I  said,  O  my  God,  take  me  not  away  in  the  midst  of  my  days : 

Throughout  generations  of  generations  are  thy  years. 

Of  old  the  earth  thou  hast  founded : 

And  the  work  of  thy  liands  are  the  heavens. 

They  shall  perish,  but  Thou  shalt  stand  : 

And  they  all  as  a  garment  shall  wax  old : 

As  a  vesture  thou  shalt  change  them,  and  they  shall  be  changed : 

But  thou  art  the  same,*^  and  thy  years  shall  have  no  end. 

The  children  of  thy  servants  shall  continue : 

And  their  seed  in  thy  sight  shall  stand  fast. 

"  ins  is  the  reading  of  the  Septuagint  and  of  the  received  Hebrew 
text  :  but  both  our  versions,  and  51  of  Kennicott's  copies,  read  TID. 
"  Nin  :  He. 


Part  IV.]  THE    ROOK    OF    PSALMS.  217 


PSALM  cm. 

Of  David. 

I. 
Bless,  O  my  soul,  the  Lord  : 

And  all  that  is  within  me,  the  Name  of  hi^  lioliiics^: 
Bless,  O  my  soul,  the  Lord, 
And  forget  not  all  his  rewards. 

Who  forgiveth  all  thine  iniquities  :  " 

Who  healeth  all  thine  infirmities  : 

Who  redeemeth  from  ^  destruction  thy  life : 

Who  crowneth  thee  with  mercy  and  loving-kiudness. 

Who  satisfieth  with  good  thy  mouth  ; 

Thy  youth  like  an  eagle  is  renewed.*^ 

II. 
The  '^LoRD  *doeth  righteousness,'' 
And  ^judgment  for  all  the  oppressed. 
He  made  known  his  ways  to  Moses : 
To  the  children  of  Israel  his  works. 

Full  o/"*  loving  kindness  and  gracious  is  the  Lord  : 

Slow  to  anger,  and  plenteous  in  mercy. 

Ho  will  not  ahvay  cliidc : 

Neither  for  ever  will  he  keep  his  anger. 

He  hath  not  according  to  our  sins  done  unto  us, 

Neither  according  to  our  iniquities  hath  he  rewarded  us. 

■^  N.B.  ID  ,  instead  of  1   termination. 

''  The  pit,  or,  oorrnption  :   JiriL''- 

•■  Heb.  is  renewed  like  an  eagle  tliv  ynntli. 

^  Heb.  doeth  the  Lord. 

%  '  Both  are  plural  in  the  Hebrew. 


218  THE    BOOK    OF    P.SALM8.  [Part  IV. 

For  as  high  as  the  heaven  is  above  the  earth. 

So  "great  is  his  mercy  towards  them  that  fear  him  : 

As  far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west, 

So  far  luith  he  set  from  lis  our  transgressions  : 

As  the  *  loving  kindness  of  a  father  towards  his  children, 
So  is  the  loving  kindness  of  the  Lokd  towards  them  that 
fear  him. 

For  he  himself  knoweth  our  frame: 

He  remembereth  that  dust  arc  we. 

Man . .  ''as  grass  are  his  days  : 

Asa  flower  of  the  field,  so  he  *flowereth : 

For  the  wind  goeth  over  it,  and  it  is  not : 

And  '=  the  place  thereof  shall  know  it  no  more. 

But  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  is  from  everlasting  to  everlasting 

towards  them  that  fear  him. 
And  his  righteousness  unto  children's  children  ; 
Unto  them  that  keep  his  covenant. 
And  unto  them  that  remember  his  *  precepts  to  do  them. 

III. 
The  LoiiD  in  heaven  hath  prepared  his  throne, 
And  his  kingdom  over  all  *hath  dominion. 

Bless  ye  the  Lord,  ye  angels  of  his. 

Ye  that  are  mighty  in  strength. 

Ye  that  do  his  word. 

Hearkening  to  tlie  voice  of  his  word. 
Bless  ye  the  Lord,  all  ye  his  hosts. 

Ye  ministers  of  liis,  that  do  his  pleasure. 
Bless  ye  the  Lord,  all  his  works. 

In  all  places  of  his  dominion  : 

Bless,  O  my  soul,  the  Lord. 

•■'  ri33  ,  "  liigli,"  and  "133  ,  "grciit,"  resemble  one  anodier  in  s-oniid.  Pos- 
sibly, for  the  bitter  word,  tlie  former  oii<:Iit  to  be  read  :  l)ut  for  lliis  tlicre 
is  no  autbority. 

*"  The  nominative  absolute. 

'   lleb.  and  shall  know  it  no  more  the  place  thereof. 


Pakt  IV'.]  THE    BOOK    OK    P.SALMH.  219 


PSALM  CIV. 

I. 

Bless,  O  my  soul,  tlie  Loud: 

O  Lord  my  God,  thou  art  great  exceedingly  : 

AVith  honour  and  majesty  thou  art  clothed  ; 

Covering  thysdf  with  light,  as  with  a  garment  : 

Spreading  out  the  heavens  as  a  curtain : 

Who"  layeth  in  the  waters  the  beams  of  his  chambers  : 

Who  maketh  the  clouds  his  chariot : 

Who  walketh  upon  the  wings  of  the  wind : 

Who  maketh  his  angels  spirits  : 

His  ministers  a  fire  that  tlameth. 

II. 

He  laid  the  earth  upon  her  foundations  : 

She  shall  not  be  moved  for  ever  *and  ever. 

With  the  deep,  as  with  a  clothing,  thou  coveredst  her, 

Above  the  hills  stood  the  waters  : 

At  thy  rebuke  they  fled  ; 

At  the  voice  of  thy  thunder  they  hasted  away. 

The '^  hills  ascend :  the  valleys  go  down 

Into  the  place  which  thou  hadst  *laid  for  them. 

A  bound  thou  hast  set ;   they  shall  not  pass  it ; 

They  shall  not  return  to  cover  the  earth. 

III. 
Who  scndcth  the  springs  into  the  valleys, 
Among  the  hills  they  run. 

'  Heb.  who  coiitiiiiiates  in  the  waters  his  chambers. 
'■'  Heb.  ascend  the  hills  :  go  down  the  vallejs. 


220  Tin:    nooK    of    psalms.  [Part  IV 

They  give  drink  to  every  l)eas-t  of"  the  field  : 

The"  wild  asses  ([uench  their  thirst. 

Beside  them  shall  the  fowl  of  the  heaven  have  tiieir  habitation ; 

From  among  the  branches  they  shall  give  their  voice. 

Who  watereth  the  hills  from  his  up])er  cliambers  : 
With  the  fruit  of  thy  works  "^the  earth  is  full. 
Who  maketh  the  grass  to  grow  for  the  cattle, 
And  herb  for  the  service  of  man  : 
That  he  may  bring  forth  bread  from  the  earth. 
And  that  wine  may  gladden  the  heart  of  man ; 
That  he  may  make  his  face  to  shine  with  oil. 
And  that  bread  the  heart  of  man  may  strengthen. 

They  are  full,  the  trees  of  the  Lokd  : 

The  cedars  of  Lebanon  which  he  hath  planted  : 

Wherein  the  birds  make  their  nests : 

As  for  the  stork,  the  fir  trees  are  her  dwelling. 

The*^  high  hills  are  for  the  wild  goats. 

The  stony  rocks  are  a  refuge  for  the  conies. 

He  made  the  moon  for  seasons : 

The  sun  knoweth  his  going  down  : 
Thou  makest  darkness,  and  it  is  night : 
Wherein  doth  move  every  "^  beast  of  the  forest : 
The  young  lions  are  roaring  after  their  pre'y, 
And  seeking  from  God  their  meat. 

The*  sun  ariseth;  they  gather  themselves  together: 

And  in  their  dens  they  lay  them  down  : 

Man*^  goeth  forth  to  liis  woi-k,  and  to  his  labour, 

Until  the  evening. 

IV. 

llow  manifold  are  thy  works,  O  Loud! 

"   llc'b.  (|iK'iirli  (lie  wilil  asses.  ''  lleb.  i»  full  tlie  eailli. 

'  lleb.  the  hills  higli.  ''  lleb.  his.  beast. 

*  lleb.  ariseth  the  sun.  '  lleb.  goetli  Ibrth  man. 


Takt  IV.]  TUK    BOOK    or    PSALlNrS,  221 

All  of  tlicin  in  wisdom  tiu»ii  hast  ninde  : 

The^  earth  is  full  of  thy  riches' 

So  is  that  sea,  so  great  and  wide  ;  ** 

There  arc  creeping  things  ''without  number. 

Beasts  both  ^  small  and  gi'cat. 

There  the  ships  go ;   there  is  that  Leviathan," 

M^hom  thou  hast  formed  to  take  his  pastime  therein. 

All  of  them  on  thee  do  wait : 

That  thou  maycst  give  thcyyi  their  meat  in  due  season : 

Thou  givest  it  them ;  they  gather  it : 

Thou  openest  thine  hand :  they  are  satisfied  with  good. 

Thou  hidest  thy  face  :   they  are  troubled : 

Thou  takest  away  their  *  spirit,  they  die,*" 

And  to  their  dust  they  retiu'n  : 

Thou  sendest  forth  thy  spirit ;  they  are  created  : 

And  thou  renewest  the  face  of  the  earth. 

V. 

The  5  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  *be  for  ever: 
The**  Lord  shall  be  glad  in  his  works: 
Who  lookcth  on  the  earth,  and  it  trembleth  : 
He  toucheth  the  hills,  and  they  smoke. 

I  will  sing  unto  the  Lord,  Avhile  I  live : 

I  will  *make  a  psalm  to  my  God,  while  I  have  my  being : 

My^  meditation  on  him  shall  be  pleasant: 

I  myself  will  be  glad  in  the  Lord. 

TheJ  sinners  shall  be  consumed  from  the  earth ; 


*  Heb.  is  full  the  earth.  *■  Heb.  wide  of  hands. 

"  Heb.  and  no  number.  ^  Heb.  small  with  great. 

"  Heb.  leviathan  that.  '  Heb.  expire  :  JiyiJV 

«  Heb.  shall  be  the  glory.  ''  Heb.  shall  bo  glad  the  Lord. 

'  Heb.  shall  be  pleasant  on  him  my  meditation. 

J   Heb.  shall  be  consumed  the  sinners. 


222  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  IV. 

And  the  ungodly  shall  be  no  more  : 
Bless,  O  my  soul,  the  Lord  : 

Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

Thf  order  of  this  Psalm  is  most  regular  :  I.  The  heavenly  creation. 
II.  The  architecture  of  tlie  earth.  III.  The  economy  of  the  earth  in 
regular  progression,  viz.  the  provision  for  the  cattle  and  birds  ;  for  man ; 
for  the  birds  again  and  animals  :  then  he  ascends  to  the  heavenly  in- 
fluences of  the  sun  and  moon.  IV.  The  general  providence  of  God 
throughout  the  universe,  as  the  giver  of  life.  V.  The  concluding  ascrip- 
tion of  praise. 


Part  IV.]  THE    BOOK    OF    PSAT.MS.  223 


PSALM  CV. 

I. 
O  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord, 
Call  upon  his  Name  : 

Make  known  among  the*  nations  his  doings. 

Sing  to  him,  *make  psalms  to  him: 

Talk  ye  of  all  his  *  marvels. 

Praise  him  in  the  Name  of  his  holiness  : 

Let^  there  be  *glaclness  in  thcheai'tof  them  that  seek  the  Lord. 

Search*  for  the  Lord  and  his  strength : 

Seek  his  face  continually. 

Remember  his  marvels  that  he  hath  done, 
His  wonders,  and  the  judgments  of  his  mouth. 

II. 

O  seed  of  Abraham,  his  servant, 
O  children  of  Jacob,  his  chosen  ; 
He  is  the  Lord  our  God : 
In  all  the  earth  are  his  judgments. 

He  hath  remembered  for  ever  his  covenant. 

The  word  which  he  commanded  to  a  thousand  generations, 

Which  he  *  covenanted  w^ith  Abraham ; 

And  his  oath  unto  Isaac : 

And  he  confirmed  it  to  Jacob  for  a  *  statute, 

And  to  Isi-ael  as  a  covenant  for  everlasting. 

Saying,  To  thee  will  I  give  the  land  of  Canaan, 

The  lot''  of  your  inheritance. 

Whilst  they  were  *  small  in  number, 
(Yea'=)  *very  few,  and  strangers  therein. 

»  Heb.  be  glad  the  heart.  *■  Heb.  niensiirefl  portion  :  ?3n. 


224  TlJi:    BOOK    OF    psalms.  [I'aiit  IV. 

And  tlioy  were  going  from  people  to  people, 

From  one  kingdom  to  another  "nation. 

He  suftered  not  man  to  *  oppress  them ; 

And  he  reproved  for  their  sakes  even  kings :  sni/lnq. 

Touch  not  mine  Anointed, 

And  to  my  prophets  do  no  *evil. 

And  he  called  for  a  dearth  upon  the  land, 
All  the  staff  of  bread  he  brake. 
He  sent  before  their  faces  a  man. 
Who  for  a  servant  was  sold,  even  Joseph : 
They  *  afflicted  with  fetters  his  feet : 
The  iron  entered  into  his  soul. 
Until  'Hlic  time  of  his  cause  came, 
The  word  of  the  Lord  tried  him. 

The  King  "^sent,  and  delivered  him. 

Even  the  ruler  of  the  *  nations,  and  freed  him. 

He  made  him  lord  over  his  house. 

And  ruler  of  all  his  substance. 

That  he  might  restrain  his  princes  after  his  will,'' 

And  to  his  senators  might  teach  wisdom. 

And  Israel  came  into  Egypt, 

And  Jacob  was  a  stranger  in  the  land  of  Ham. 

And  he  increased  his  people  exceedingly  : 

And  made  them  stronger  than  *  those  who  troubled  them. 

Their  ^  heart  turned  to  hate  his  people. 

To  deal  imtruly  with  his  servants. 

He  sent  Moses  liis  servant, 

Aaron  whom  he  had  chosen. 

They  shewed  among  them  the  words  of  his  tokens. 

And  wonders  in  the  land  of  Ham. 

He  sent  darkness,  and  it  was  dark  ; 

"   Hcb.  nation  otlior. 

''  Hel).  "  until  the  time  caiiu'  of  liis  woril  : "   1"i3T  :  tlint  is,  "  when  tlic 
saying  was  fiillilled  :  "    Kosenniiillcr. 

'    Ilel).  sent  the  King.  ""   Hel).  iiis  soul. 

'    Ileb.  turned  tlieir  lieiirt. 


Part  IV.]  THE    HOOK    OF    PSi.VI.MS.  225 

Then"  they  rebelled  not.  a<:;ain.st  lii.s  words. 

He  turned  their  waters  into  blood, 

And  slew  their  fish. 

Their  "^  land  brought  forth  frogs. 

In  the  chambers  of  their  kings. 

He  spake,  and  there  came  all  manner  of  flies,'^ 

Lice  in  all  their  coasts. 

He  ^'gave  them  rain  of  hail, 

Fire  of  flames  in  their  land. 

And  he  smote  their  vines  and  their  fig  trees, 

And  he  brake  the  trees  of  their  coasts. 

He  spake,  and  there  came  locusts. 

And  caterpillars  without  number,*" 

And  they  devoured  all  the  hei'b  in  their  land, 

Yea,  devoured  the  fruit  of  their  ground. 

And  he  smote  all  the  first  born  in  their  land, 

The  chief  of  all  their  strength. 

And  he  brought  them  out  with  silver  and  gold ; 

And  there  was  not  among  their  tribes  a  feeble  person. 

There  *^was  gladness  in  Egypt  at  their  departing, 

For  ^the  fear  of  them  fell  upon  them. 

He  spread  a  cloud  for  a  covering, 

And  fire  to  give  light  in  the  night. 

They  ^  asked,  and  he  brought  quails, 

And  with  the  bread  of  heaven  he  filled  them. 

He  opened  the  rock,  and  there  gushed  out  waters, 

They  ran  in  dry  places  as  a  river. 

For  he  remembered  the  *  word  of  his  holiness, 
Abraham  his  servant. 

"  Heb.  and.  **  Ileb.  brought  forth  the  Innd. 

^   3"iy  :   k(ij/6/ti;ia  :  vide  Ps.  Ixxviii.  45.,  and  Exo<l.  viii.  17,  &c. 

^  Heb.  he  gave  their  rain.  *"  Hob.  and  no  number. 

''  Heb.  was  ghid  Egypt. 

"  Heb.  for  fell  their  fear  of  them. 

^  The  Septuagint  and  our  PraytM-  Book  translations  read  ipKCJ' :  the 
received  reading  is  in  the  singuhir  number  :  "the  people  asked,"  is  our 
Bible  translation. 

Q 


22G  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Paut  IV. 

And  he  brought  forth  his  people  with  joy, 
With  *a  song  liis  chosen  ones. 
And  he  gave  them  the  lands  of  the  heathen. 
And  the  labour  of  the  people  they  inherited  : 
To  the  end  that  they  might  keep  his  statutes, 
And  his  laws  that  they  might  observe. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord. 


Vaht  IV.]  Tin:    HOOK    OF    rSALMS.  22? 


]\SALM  CVI. 

l*r;nso  ye  tlic  I^ohd. 

I. 

O  trivc  thanks  unto  tlic  LoitD,  for  lie  is  o-ood, 
For  everlasting;  is  his  mercy. 

Who  can  express  the  mighty  acts  of  the  Lord, 
Or  shew  forth  all  his  praise  ? 
Happy*  are  they  who  keep  judgment, 
Who  do  righteousness  at  all  times. 

Remember  me,  O  Lord,  according  to  thi/  favour  tmoards  tliy 

O  visit  me  with  thy  salvation  :  [people  : 

That  I  may  see  the  good  of  thy  chosen, 

That  I  may  *  be  glad  in  the  gladness  of  thy  people, 

That  I  may  give  thanks  with  thine  inheritance. 

II, 
We  have  sinned  with  our  fathers  : 
We  have  committed  iniquity  :   we  have  been  ungodly. 
Our  fathers  in  Egypt  understood  not  thy  *  marvels, 
They  remembered  not  the  multitude  of  thy  mercies, 
But  they  *  rebelled  at  the  Sea,  at  the  Red  Sea. 

Yet  he  saved  them  for  the  sake  of  his  Name, 

That  he  might  cause  to  be  known  his  might. 

And  he  rebuked  the  Red  Sea,  and  it  was  dried  up  ; 

And  he  led  them  through  the  deep* as  through  a  wilderness. 

And  he  saved  them  from  the  hand  of  him  that  hated  them, 

And  redeemed  them  from  the  hand  of  the  enemy. 

And  ^the  waters  covered  them  that  *  troubled  them, 

*  Ilel).  deeps.  ''  Heb.  and  covered  the  waters. 

Q    2 


228  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS,  TPakt  IV 

One  of"  theiu  was  not  left. 
Then  "they  believed  his  words; 
They  sang  his  praise. 

Soon  they  forgat  his  works ; 

They  waited  not  for  his  counsel. 

And  they  lusted  with  lust  in  the  wilderness; 

And  they  tempted  God  in  the  desert. 

And  he  gave  them  their  desire, 

But  he  sent  leanness  into  their  soul. 

And  they  were  envious  with  Moses  in  the  camj), 

With  Aaron,  the  saint  of  the  Lord. 

The  '^  earth  opened,  and  swallowed  up  Dathan, 

And  •'covered  the  company  of  Abiram. 

And  there  was  kindled  a  fire  in  their  company, 

A  flame  burnt  up  the  ungodly. 

They  made  a  calf  in  Horeb, 

And  worshipped  the  molten  image  : 

And  they  changed  their  glory 

Into  the  similitude  of  an  ox  that  eateth  grass. 

They  forgat  God  their  Saviour, 

Who  had  done  great  things  in  Egypt, 

ISIarvcls  in  the  land  of  Ilam, 

And  fearful  things  by  the  lied  Sea. 

And  he  said  that  he  would  *cut  them  off, 

Had  not  Moses  his  chosen  stood  in  the  breach  before  hiu), 

To  turn  away  his  wrath  from  destroying. 

And  they  despised  the  land  of  pleasantness ; 

They  did  not  believe  his  word. 

And  they  miu'mured  in  their  tents. 

They  hearkened  not  unto  the  voice  of  the  Lord. 
And  he  lifted  up  his  hand  against  them, 


•  Heb.  and  they  believed.  ''  Heb.  opened  the  earth. 

'   licb.  covered  over  the  company. 


Paut  IV.]  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  229' 

To"  make  them*  full  in  the  wilderness, 

And  to  make  their  seed  fall  among  the  *  heathen. 

And  to  scatter  them  in  the  lands. 

And  they  joined  themselves  to  Baal  Peor, 

And  ate  the  sacrifices  of  the  dead. 

And  they  provoked  him  with  their  inventions. 
And''  the  plague  brake  in  among  them  : 
Then  stood  up  Phinehas  and  prayed. 
And  there  was  a  staying  of  the  plague. 
And  tliat  was  counted  unto  him  for  righteousness, 
From*-"  generation  to  generation  for  ever. 

And  they  angered  him  at  the  waters  of  strife, 
And  it  went  ill  with  Moses  for  their  sakes. 
For  they  provoked  his  spirit : 
And  he  spake  unadvisedly  with  his  lips. 

They  *  cut  not  off  the  nations, 

As*^  the  Lord  had  spoken  to  them. 

But  they  were  mingled  with  the  heathen, 

And  they  learned  their  works  : 

And  they  served  their  idols, 

And  they  were  to  them  a  snare  : 

And  they  sacrificed  their  sons  and  their  daughters  unto  devils: 

And  they  shed  innocent  blood,® 

The  blood  of  their  sons  and  of  their  daughters. 

Which  they  sacrificed  to  the  idols  of  Canaan : 

And*^  the  land  was  defiled  with  blood. 

And  they  were  stained  with  their  own  works. 

And  they  went  a  whoring  with  their  own  inventions. 

Chen^  was  kindled  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  against  his  people, 
Vnd  he  abhorred  his  inheritance. 

"  Ileb.  to  make  fall  them  :  "  them  "  is  emphatic. 
''  Heb.  and  brake  in  among  tiiem  the  plague. 
"^  Heb.  from  generation  of  generation. 
•'  Heb.  which  spake  the  Lord  to  them. 
'  Heb.  blood  innocent. 

'  Heb.  and  was  defiled  the  land.  «  Heb.  and. 

Q    3 


230  THE    UOOK    Ui"    PSALMS.  [Part  IV. 

And  he  gave  them  into  the  hand  of  the  heathen. 

And  they  had  dominion  over  them  who  hated  them. 

And*  their  enemies  oppressed  them, 

And  they  had  them  in  subjection  under  their  hand. 

Many^  times  did  he  deliver  them, 

But  as  for  them  they  *  rebelled  with  their  counsel. 

And  were  brought  low  in  their  iniquity. 

But  he*  looked  on  their  affliction,*^ 

When  he  heard  their  cry. 

And  he  remembered  for  them  his  covenant. 

And  he  repented,  according  to  the  multitude  of  his  mercies.'* 

And  he  made  them®  to  be  pitied 

Before  all  them  that  led  them  caj^tive. 

111. 
Save  us,  O  Lord  our  God, 
And  gather  us  from  among  the  heathen, 
That  we  may  give  thanks  to  the  Name  of  thy  holiness, 
That  we  may  triumph  in  thy  praise. 

Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  from  everlasting  to  ever- 

And'^  let  all  the  people  say,  Amen.  [lasting  : 

Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

*  Heb.  and  oppressed  them  their  enemies. 

''  Heb.  times  many. 

'  Ileb.  affliction  to  them. 

^  The  singuhir  number  is  the  reading  of  the  LXX,  and  the  received 
Hebrew  text:  but  both  our  translations,  and  54  or  55  of  Keunicott's  copies, 
read  the  plural. 

"  "  them,"  emphatic. 

'  Heb.  and  let  say  all  the  i)eople. 


THE 


BOOK   OF   PSALMS. 


PAKT  V. 
Psalm  CVTI.  to  CL.  inclusive. 


Q    4 


Paut  Y.J  THE    BOOK    OF    I'SALMS.  233 


PSALM  CVII. 

I. 
O  give  thanks  unto  the  Loud,  tor  he  is  good: 
For  everhisting  is  his  mercy. 

Let  them  say  so,  who  are  redeemed  of  the  Lord, 
\Vhom  he  hath  redeemed  from  the  hand  of  the  enemy 
And  from  the  lands  hath  gathered  them, 
From  the  east  and  fi-om  the  west. 
From  the  north  and  from  the  sea. 


They  wandered  in  tlie  wilderness,  in  a  solitary  way  : 
A  city  to  dwell  in  they  found  not : 
Hungry  and  thirsty  also" 
Their  souls  within  them  fainted. 

Then  they  cried  unto  the  Lord  in  their  trouble  :^ 
From  their  distresses  he  delivered  them  : 
And''  he  led  them  forth  by  the  '^ right  way. 
That  they  might  go  to  a  city  to  dwell  in. 

Let  them  give  thanks  to  the  Lord  for  his  mercy  : 
And  for  his  wonders  to  the  children  of  men  : 
For  he  hath  satisfied  the  soul  that  longeth : 
And  the  soul  that  hungereth  he  hath  filled  with  good. 

II. 
They  that  sit  in  darkness,  and  the  shadow  of  death. 
They  that  are  bound  in  affliction  and  iron. 
Because  they  rebelled  against  the  words  of  the  Loed, 
And  the  counsel  of  the  Lord  they  *  despised ; 

"  Heb.  also  thirsty.  ''  lleb.  trouble  that  was  on  them. 

",  ''  Both  the  verb  and  noun  are  the  same  in  the  Hebrew  :  "jlT. 


234  TUE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Pakt  V. 

And  he  brought  low  with  *  sorrow  then-  lieart : 
They  fell  down,  and  there  was  none  to  help. 

Then  they  cried  unto  the  Lord  in  their  trouble : 
From  their  distresses  he  saved  them  : 

He  brought  them  out  of  darkness,  and  the  shadow  of  death: 
And  their  bonds  he  brake  asunder. 

Let  them  give  thanks  to  the  Lord  for  his  mercy  : 
And  for  his  wonders  to  the  children  of  men  : 
For  he  hath  *  shivered  the  gates  of  brass, 
And  the  bars  of  iron  he  hath  smitten  throuuh. 

IV. 

Fools  for  *the  way  of  their  transgression 
And  for  their  iniquities  are  afflicted. 
All  meat"  is  an  abhorrence  to  their  soul. 
And  they  draw  nigh  unto  the  gates  of  death. 

Then  they  cried  unto  the  Lord  in  their  trouble : 

From  their  distresses  he  saved  them : 

He  sent  his  word,  and  healed  them, 

And  *set  them  free  from  their  destruction. 

Let  them  give  thanks  to  the  Lord  for  his  mercy, 
And  for  his  wonders  to  the  children  of  men  : 
And  let  them  sacrifice  the  sacrifices  of  thanksgiving, 
And  tell  out  his  works  with  singing. 

V. 

They  that  go  down  to  the  sea  in  ships. 
That  *work  in  the  ''great  waters. 
These  men  see  the  works  of  the  Lord, 
And  his  wonders  in  the  deep. 

For  he  speakcth,  and  there  riseth  the  wind  of  storm. 
And  it  lifteth  up  the  waves  thereof: 
They  mount  up  to  the  heavens. 
They  go  down  to  the  depths; 

"    IIcl).  all  ihcal  aiiliorrclli  tlK'ir  soul. 
''  II0I1.  wati'is  lircat. 


Part  V.]  THE    BOOK    OF    PiSALMS.  23o 

Their  soul  because  ot"  the  trouble  melteth  away. 
They  reel  and  stagger  like  a  drunkard, 
And  all  their  wisdom  is  swallowed  up. 

Then  they  cried  unto  the  Lord  in  their  trouble. 
And  from  their  distresses  he  bringeth  them  out : 
He  maketh  the  storm  a  calm, 
And  "there  is  a  stilling  of  the  waves  thereof. 
And  they  are  glad,  because  they  are  at  rest : 
And  he  bringeth  them  unto  the  haven  of  their  desire. 
Let  them  give  thanks  to  the  Lord  for  his  mercy. 
And  for  his  wonders  to  the  children  of  men  : 
Let  them  exalt  him  in  the  congregation  of  the  people. 
And  in  the  scat  of  the  elders  let  them  praise  him. 

VI. 

He  turneth  the  floods  into  a  wilderness. 

And  '^springs  of  water  into  a  thirsty  land  : 
A  land  of  fruit  into  saltness, 

For  the  wickedness  of  them  that  *  abide  therein. 
He  turneth  the  wilderness  into  *  a  pool  of  water. 
And  a  land  of  drought  into  springs  of  water: 

And  there  he  causeth  to  *  abide  the  hungry. 

And  they  shall  prepare  them  a  city  to  dwell  in  : 

And  they  shall  sow  fields,  and  plant  vineyards. 

And  they  shall  yield  fruits  of  increase. 

And  he  blesseth  them,  and  they  multiply  exceedingly. 

And  their  cattle  he  doth  not  minish. 

But  {/"they  be  miuished  and  brought  low, 

Through  oppression,  *evil,  or  trouble  : 

He  poureth  contempt  uj)on  princes,      [there  is  no  way : 

And  maketh  them  to  wander  in  the  void  place,  where 

But  he  lifteth  up  the  poor  out  of  affliction, 

And  maketh  as  a  flock  his  households. 

"   llcb.  anil  arc  still  the  wual's  thereol'. 

''  A  play  upon  wordt^ :  pXDV ,  "thirs^ty:"  *XVO ,  "springs." 


236  TIIK    HOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  V. 

Tlie  upright.  :5liiill  see,  *  and  be  glad  : 

And  all  iniquity  shall  stop  her  mouth. 

Who  "is  wise,  and  will  observe  tliese  things?       [Lord. 

Even  such  as  he  shall   understand  the  *  mercies  of  the 

"    Su   the   l^XX,  and  so   our  translation   in   thi'   iKuallt;]   passages  of 
Jer.  ix.  12. ;  Hosea,  xiv.  9. 


Paht  v.] 


THK    BOOK    OF    P.SALIMS, 


237 


PSALM  CVIII. 
A  Song  of  a  Psalm  of  David. 


Fixed  *is  my  heart,  O  God  :  ^ 

I  will  sing  and  *niake  a  psalm,  even  ^wlth  my  glory. 

Awake,  '4ute  and  harp, 

I  will  awake  early. 

I  will  give  thanks  to  thee,  among  the  («)  people,  O  Lord  : ' 

And  "I  will  *make  a  psalm  to  thee  among  the  nations  : 

For  great  ^  above  the  heavens  is  thy  mercy  : 

And  unto  the  clouds  reacheth  thy  truth. 

Be  thou  exalted  above  the  heavens,  O  God : 

And  '*  above  all  the  earth  thy  glory. 


*  The  first  part  nearly  corresponds  to  the  third  part  of  Psalm  Ivii.,  us 
the  following  table  shows ;  the  letters  refer  to  the  text  above  :  — 


Ps.  cviii. 
*■    Fixed    is    my 
h.,  O  God. 

•^  even  with  my 
glory. 

''  Awake,  lute 
and  harp. 


^  And  I  will 
'  O  Lord 
'  above 
'■  And  above 


Ps.  Ivii. 
Fixed   is    my    h., 

O  God,  fixed  is 

my  h. 
(omitted). 


The  LXX  and  Syriac,  and  2 
of  Kenn.  MSS.,  read  in  Ps. 
crviii.   as  Ivii. 


Awake  up  my  1 1  of  Kenn.  ^ISS.,  and  3  of 
glory,  awake,  De  Rossi's,  read  with  Ps.  Ivii. ; 
lute  and   harp.         and  the    Syriac    reads   >~njD , 

"  my  harp,"  instead  of  mDD  > 

"  my  glory." 
I  will  3    of    Kenn.    MSS.    read    with 

Ps.  Ivii. ;  also  the  LXX. 
O  Lord  13    of  Kenn.  MSS.    read    willi 

Ps.  Ivii. 
unto  4    of    Kenn.    MSS.    read    with 

Ps.  Ivii. 
above  12    of  Kenn.   ISISS.    read    with 

Ps.  Ivii. 

(a)  Ileb.  peoples. 


238 


rilK    nOOK    OF    PSALMS. 


CPabt  V. 


IT. 
That  "thy  {a)  behived  inuy  he  delivered, 
Save  with  thy  right  hand,  and  hear  me. 
God  liath  spoken  in  his  lioliness: 
I  will  rejoice  :   I  will  divide  Sichem: 
And  the  valley  of  Succoth  I  will  meet  ont. 
Mine  is  Gilead  :  ''mine  is  Manassch  : 
And  Ephraim  is  the  strength  of  my  head  : 
.Tudah  is  ray  lawgiver. 
IVIoab  is  my  wash-pot : 
Over  Edom  will  I  cast  out  my  shoe  : 
Over  Philistiu  'will  I  triumph. 
Who  will  bring  me  into  the  city  of  strength, 
Who  will  lead  me  into  Edom. 
Wilt  not  ^thou,  O  God,  icho  didst  cast  us  off? 
And  (Z»)  thou,  O  God,  who  didst  not  go  forth  with  oiu'  hosts? 
Give  unto  us  help  from  trouble  : 
For  vain  is  the  salvation  of  man. 
Through  God  we  shall  do  valiantly  : 
And  He  it  is  that  shall  tread  down  our  enemies. 


"  The  second  pnrt  nearly  corresponds  to  llie  sfrond  part  of  Ps.  Ix.,  as 
the  following  table  shows  :  — 


Ps.  cviii. 


"    mine 
nasseh. 


Ma- 


ps. Ix. 

and  mine 


S.*^  or  35  of  Kenn.  MSS. ;  many  of 

De   Rossi's ;    and  the   LXX, 

read  with  Ps.  Ix. 

will  I  triumph      triumph    because   (The   LXX  reads   1  for   \    the 

of  me.  last  letter ;    and  n  for  N  ,  the 

first,  as  in  Ps.  Ix.) 

("  tliou"  omit-      thou  5  of  Kenn.,  and  8  of  De  Rossi's 

ted.)  MSS.  read  "thou:"   also  the 

LXX  and  Syriac. 

(«)  Ileb.  may  be  delivered  thy  beloved  ones, 
(i)  Heb.  and  didst  not  go  forth,  O  God. 


Pakt  v.]  thk  hook  of  psalms.  239 


PSALM  CIX. 

To  the  Chief  Mu.siciiui.      A  Psahn  of  David. 


O  God  of  my  praise,  hold  not  thy  peace  : 

For  the  moutli  of  the  ungodly,  and  the  mouth  of  the  deceitful 

against  me  are  opened  : 
They  have  spoken  against  me  with  a  tongue  of  lying: 
And  with  speeches  of  hatred  have  they  compassed  me. 
In  return  for  my  love  they  are  mine  adversaries : 
But  as  for  me,  I  am /br  prayer. 
And  they  have  rewarded  me  evil  for  good, 
And  hatred  for  my  love. 

n. 
Set  thou  over  him  an  ungodly  man  : 
And  let  the  adversary  stand  at  his  right  hand : 
When  he  is  judged,  let  him  be  returned  as  guilty," 
And  let  his  prayer  become  sin. 
Let^  his  days  be  few : 
His  office  let  another  take.*" 
Let  ^  his  children  be  fatherless, 
And  his  wife  a  Avidow. 

And  in  *  wandering^  let  his  children  *  wander,  and  beg: 
And  seek  bread  out  of  their  desolate  places. 
Let*"  the  extortioner »  catch  all  that  he  hath: 
And''  let  the  strangers  spoil  his  labour. 

"  Heb.  let  him  go  out  wioked,  or  "  ungodly." 

^  Heb.  be  his  days  few.  "^  Heb.  take  another. 

''  Hel).  be  his  children. 

•  Heb.  and  let  in  wandering  wander  his  children. 

'  Heb.  let  catch  the  extortioner.  *  Heb.  usurer. 

'■  Heb.  and  spoil  strangers. 


240  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  V. 

Lof  tlicre  be  none  to  extend  mercy  to  him,  [children. 

And  let  there  be  none  to  have  compassion  upon  his  fatherless 
Let*"  his  posterity  be  cut  off: 

In  the  generation  follo\vino[  let  *^  their  name  be  blotted  out. 
Let  there  be  a  remembrance  of  the  iniquity  of  their  fathers 

before  the  Lord  : 
And  the  sin  of  his  mother,  let  it  not  be  blotted  out. 
Let  them  be  before  the  Lord  continually, 
And  let  him  cut  off  from  the  earth  their  remembrance. 

Because  he  remembered  not  to  do  mercy, 

But  persecuted  the  man  that  teas  poor  and  needy, 

And  the  broken  in  heart,  that  he  might  slay  Imn. 

As''  he  loved  cursing,  so  let  it  come  unto  him: 

As®  he  delighted  not  in  blessing,  so  let  it  be  for  from  him  : 

As*^  he  clothed  himself  with  cursing  as  a  garment, 

So  let  it  come  like  water  within  him. 

And  like  oil  into  his  bones. 

Let  it  be  to  him  as  a  garment  that  may  cover  him, 

And  for  a  girdle  ichereiritli  he  may  be  continually  girded. 

Let  this  happen  to  mine  adversaries  from  the  Lord  ; 

And  to  them  that  speak  evil  against  my  soid. 

III. 
But  Thou,  O  Lord  my  Lord,  deal  thou  with  me  for  the  sake 
For  good  is  thy  mercy.  [of  thy  Name, 

Deliver  me,  for  poor  and  needy  am  I : 
And  my  heart  is  M^ounded  within  me. 
Like  a  shadow  that  declineth  am  I  going : 
I  am  driven  away  like  the  locust. 
My  knees  are  weak  through  fasting  : 
And  my  flesh  failcth  of  fatness. 
And  I  am  ^  indeed  become  a  reproach  to  them : 
They  look  lipon  me  :   they  shake  their  head. 

"   Ilob.  lot  there  not  ho  to  him. 

^  Ilcb.  let  be  his  posterity  for  cutting  oH". 

•^^  Heb.  be  blotted  out  their  name. 

'',  ',  '  Ileb.  and  he  loved  eursing :    and,  &r. 

*  "  I,"  and  "  am"  are  l)oth  emphatic  in  tlic  Ileb. 


Part  V.]  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  241 

Help  me,  O  Lord  my  God : 

Siivc  me,  according  to  thy  mercy. 

And  they  shall  know  that  this  is  thy  hand;* 

Tliat  it  is  thou,  O  LoRD,  irho  hast  done  it. 

They''  shall  curse,  but  Thou  shalt  hless  : 

They  shall  rise,  and  shall  be  put  to  shame  : 

But  thy  servant  shall  *  be  glad. 

Let*^  mine  adversaries  be  clothed  with  *  confusion  : 

And  them  be  covered,  as  with  a  cloke,  Avith  their  own  *  shame. 

I  will  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord  greatly  with  my  mouth. 

And  among  the  multitudes  I  will  praise  hhn. 

For  he  shall  stand  at  the  right  hand  of*  the  needy. 

To  save  him  from  the  j  udges  of  his  soul. 

°  Heb.  thy  hand  is  this.  ''  Ileb.  let  curse  them,  eniph. 

'■  Ilcb.  be  clothed  mine  adversaries. 


242  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Paut  V. 


PSALM  ex. 
Of  David.     A  Psalm. 

The"  Lord  said  unto  my  Lord, 

Sit  tliou  on  my  right  hand, 

Until  I  make  thine  enemies  thy  footstool. 

The  rod  of  thy  strength  the''  Lord  shall  send  ont  of  Sion  : 
Rule  thou  in  the  midst  of  thine  enemies. 
Thy  people  shall  offer  willingly 
In  the  day  of  thy  power,  in  the  majesty  of  holiness : 
More  than  the  womb  of  the  morning  shall  be  to  thee  the  dew 
of  thy  birth. 

The'^  Lord  sware,  and  will  not  repent: 

Thou  art  a  Priest  for  ever  after  the  order  of  Mclchisedech. 

The  Lord  is  upon  thy  right  hand  ; 

He  shall  strike  through,  in  the  day  of  his  wrath,  icm  kings. 

He  shall  judge  among  the  heathen  : 

He  shall  fill  fhr  places  iviffi  dead  bodies  : 

He  shall  *  strike  through  the  'Mieads  over  '^luany  *  lands. 

Of  the  brook  in  the  way  shall  he  drink : 

Therefore  shall  he  lift  up  tlic  head. 

■  Heb.  said  the  Lord.  ''  Ileb.  slinll  soii.l  llic  Louu. 

•^  Heb.  sware  the  Lord. 

''  This  is  in  the  singular  number :  but  is  }ihiral,  acrording  to  butli  our 
translations,  and  the  LXX,  and  one  of  Kennieott's  MSS. 
"  Heb.  land  many. 


Taut  V.J  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  243 


PSALM  CXI. 

Praise  yc  the  Lord. 

^<  I  will  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord  with  ?;///  whole  heart : 

i  In  the  secret  place  of  the  iiprlght,  and  in  the  congregation. 

J    Great  are  the  Avorks  of  the  Lord, 

1  Sought  out  of  all  that  delight  in  them. 

n  Full  of  honour  and  *  majesty  is  his  work : 

T    And  his  righteousness  endureth  for  ever. 

T    To  be*  remembered  hath  he  made  his  wonders : 

n  Merciful  and  gracious  is  the  Lord. 

la  Meat  hath  he  given  to  them  that  fear  him  : 

^   He  will  remember  for  ever  his  covenant. 

'2  The  power  of  his  ^  works  hath  he  *  declared  to  his  people, 

b   That  he  may  give  them  the  heritage  of  the  heathen. 

73  The  works  of  his  hands  are  *  truth  and  judgment; 

3   True  are  all  his  *precepts ; 

D  Being  established  for  ever  and  ever  : 

V  Being  done  in  truth  and  uprightness. 

3  Redemption  hath  he  sent  to  his  people  : 

2£  He  hath  commanded  for  ever  his  covenant : 

p  Holy  and  to  be  feared  is  his  Name. 

"1  The  beginnino;  of  wisdom  is  the  fear  of  the  Lord  : 

VJ  A  good  c understanding  is  with  all  those  that  do  them  : 

n  His  praise  endureth  for  ever. 

^  The  Soptuagint  literally  translates  this  passage:  fit'dar  i-on'inaro 
riov  ^avfLaryHov  avrov  :  "  a  memorial  lie  hath  made  of  his  wonders." 

''  The  word  here  and  in  )0  is  nL**y ;  a  different  word  from  that  in  line 
n,  whieh  is  pys. 


R    2 


244  TllK   liooK   OF    rSALMS.  [Part  V. 


rSALM  CXI  I. 

Pnii-se  ye  the  LoUD. 

J<   IIapj»y  irf  the  iiuiu  tluit  fcuroth  the  LoUD  : 

"2  111  his  coimiKUidments  he  delijjhteth  a'rcatlv. 

:i    Mighty  u[)on  earth''  shall  be  his  seed: 

1  The  generation  of  the  upright  shall  be  blessed. 

n  l\ichcs  and  plenteousness  shall  be  in  his  house  ; 

■)   And  his  righteousness  endureth  for  ever. 

T    There  ^  ariseth  in  the  darkness  light  to  the  upright : 

n  Merciful,  and  *  gracious,  and  righteous  is  he. 

D  A  good  man  is  merciful,  and  Icndeth  ; 

"'   He  will  guide  *^his  words  with  judgment : 

3  For  he'*  shall  not  for  ever  be  moved  : 

b    In''  everlasting  remembrance  shall  be  the  righteous. 

72  Of  tidings  of  evil  he  shall  not  be  afraid : 

3  Fixed  is  his  heart,  trusting  in  the  LoiiD. 

D  Established  is  his  heart,  and  will  not  be  afraid, 

27  Until  he  *look  upon  his  enemies. 

3  He  hath  dis[)ersed:   he  hath  given  to  the  *  needy  : 

::  His  righteousness  endureth  for  ever : 

p   His  horn  shall  be  exalted  with  *  glory. 

~\  The  ungodly  shall  see  it,  and  be  grieved : 

12/  His  teeth  lie  shall  gnash,  and  shall  melt  away  : 

n  The  desire  of  the  ungodly  shall  perish. 

"  rT'iT',  fiupliaLif.  ''  Hob.  ib  spread  al)rii;id. 

'■  The  word  miT  is  translated  in  tlie  English  IJible  "  afl'airs."  But  in 
the  IVayer  Book  and  Sei)tuagint,  "  words."  Rosennuiller  (juotes  De 
Dieu,  as  considerin;j;  this  to  refer  to  the  ri:j;ht  administration  ol" justice. 

■^   Ilcb.  for  for  ever  lie  shall  not  be. 

■^  Ileb.  in  renieinbranee  everlasting. 

*^*  There  is  a  great  resemblance  between  this  Psalni  and  the  preceil- 
ing.  The  expressions  are  in  several  places  identical :  the  c.\illi  speaking 
of  God;  the  c.\iilh  of  the  servant  of  (iod.  l^ach  has  a  stanza  of  triplets 
at  the  end. 


P,\KT  v.]  THE    I'.OOlv    Ol'    I'SALJNIS.  245 


PSALM  cxiir. 

Pmisc  ye  the  I^okd. 

O  praiso,  yc  .sei-vants  of  the  Lokd, 

O  praise  the  Name  of  the  Lord. 

Let  the  Name  of  the  Lord  be  blessed, 

From  henceforth  and  for  evermore. 

From  the  rising  of  the  sun,  unto  his  going  down, 

Praised  be  the  Name  of  the  Lord. 

*  Exalted  above  all  the  heathen  is  the  TjORD  ; 

Above  the  heavens  his  glory. 

Who  is  like  the  Lord  otu'  God, 

Who  '^setteth  on  high  his  dwelling,  [earth  ? 

Who  humbleth  himself  to ''behold  the  things  in  heaven  and  in 

Who  raiseth  from  the  dust  the  simple," 

From  the  dunghill  he  cxalteth  the  needy. 

To  set  him  with  the  princes, 

With  the  princes  of  his  people. 

He  'hiiaketh  the  barren  woman  to  dwell  in  a  house, 

A  ®*glad  mother  of  children. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

"  Heb.  who  exaltcth  himself  to  dwell. 
''  Heb.  to  look  upon  heaven  and  earth. 
"^  71 :  "  the  attenuated,  the  lean." 
''  Heb.  he  niaketh  to  dwell,  &c'. 
'  Heb.  a  mother  of  children  glad. 


246  THE    BOOK    OF    TSALMS.  [Part  V. 


PSALM  CXIV. 

1. 
In  the  going  forth  of  Israel  from  Egypt, 
Of  the  liouse  of  Jacol)  from  a  people  of  a  strange  language. 
Then  ■'  was  Judah  his  sanctuary, 
Israel  his  dominion. 

2. 
The  Sea  saw,  and  fled : 
Jordan  was  driven  back  : 
The  mountains  skijiped  like  rams  : 
The  hills  like  young  sheep. 

3. 

What  ailed  thee,  O  Sea,  that  thou  fleddest  ? 
Jordan,  that  thou  wast  driven  back  ? 
Ye  mountains,  tliat  ye  skipped  like  rams  ? 
Ye  hills,  like  young  sheep. 

4. 
At  the  Presence  of  the  Lord,  ^  tremble,  O  Earth, 
At  the  Presence  of  the  God  of  Jacob  : 
Who  turned  the  rock  into  a  *  pool  *=  of  waters. 
The  flint  stone  into  a  well  of  waters. 

■  nn*n,    "  was,"  enipliutio.  ''  Ileb.  be  in  pain  ;  '^IH- 

■^    D3Xi    \ijil'(ir. 


Part  V.]  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  247 


PSALM  CXV. 

1. 

Not  unto  us,  O  Lord,  not  unto  us. 

But  "to  thy  Name  give  the  glory. 

For  the  sake  of  thy  mercy  :  for  the  sake  of  thy  truth. 

Wherefore  say  the  heathen,. 

Where  is  now  their  God  ? 

But  our  God  is  in  the  heavens  : 

Every  thing  that  he  jileaseth,  he  doeth. 

2. 
Their  idols  are  silver  and  gold. 
The  work  of  the  hands  of  man. 
Mouths  ^have  they,  but  they  do  not  speak  : 
Eyes  have  they,  but  they  do  not  see. 
Ears  have  they,  but  they  do  not  hear : 
Noses  ''have  they,  but  they  do  not  smell : 
Hands  have  they,  but  they  do  not  *  feel : 
Feet  have  they,  but  they  do  not  walk : 
They  do  not  speak  through  their  throat. 
Like  unto  them  ''are  they  that  made  them  : 
Even  every  one  who  trusteth  in  them. 

3. 
O  Israel,  trust  in  the  Lord  : 

Their  help  and  their  shield  is  He. 
O  house  of  Aaron,  trust  in  the  Lord  : 

Their  help  and  their  shield  is  He. 
Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  trust  in  the  Lord  : 

Their  help  and  their  shield  is  He. 

"  Heb.  "for:"  -3.  "  Heb.  a  month. 

^  Heb.  a  nose.  ''  ViT,  emphatic. 

K    4 


248  THE   BOok    of    TSALMS.  [Part  V, 

The  LoKD  hath  reuieiuberetl  us,  he  will  bless  us: 

He  will  bless  the  house  of  Israel  ; 

He  will  bless  the  house  of  Aaron. 

He  will  bless  them  that  fear  the  Lokd, 

The  small  as  well  as  the  great. 

4. 
The  Lord  shall  give  increase  to  you/ 
To  you  and  to  your  children. 
Blessed  are  ye  of  the  Lord, 
Who  hath  made  heaven  and  earth. 
The  heaven  of  heavens  is  the  Lord's  : 
And  the  earth  he  hath  given  to  the  children  of  men. 

The  dead  praise"  not  the  Lord, 
Neither  all  that  go  down  into  silence  : 
But  as  for  us,  we  will  pi*aise  the  Lord, 
From  this  time  forth  and  for  evermore. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

'  Heb.  shall  increase  the  Lord  upon  you. 
'*  Heb.  not  the  dead  praise. 


Paut  v.]  the   uook  of   rSALMS.  249 


PSALM  CXVI.  t 

r. 
I  am  well  pleased",  that  the  ''Lokd  iuith  heard  the  voice  of 
That  he  hath  inclined  his  car  to  me :  [my  supplication  : 

Therefore  '"«//  my  days  will  I  call  upov  him. 

They  compassed  me,  the  sorrows  of  death  : 
And  the  pains  of  hell,  they  found  me : 
*Pain  and  heaviness  I  found. 
Then  on  the  Name  of  the  Lord  I  called : 
I  beseech  thee,  O  Lord,  deliver  my  soul. 

Gracious  is  the  Lord,  and  righteous : 

And  our  God  is  merciful. 

The  '^LoRD  preserveth  the  simple  : 

I  was  brought  low,  and  for  me  he  wrought  salvation. 

Return,  O  my  soul,  to  thy  rest,® 

For  the  Lord  hath  i-ewarded  thee. 

For  he  hath  delivered  my  soul  from  death, 

Mine  eyes  from  *  weeping,  my  feet  from  falling. 

I  will  walk  before  the  Lord  in  the  land  ''of  the  living. 

I  believed  :  therefore  have  I  spoken  : 

I  ^  was  indeed  afflicted  gi'eatly  : 

I  '^said  indeed  in  my  haste,  every  man  is  a  liar. 


f  The  peculiarity  of  the  first  division  of  this  Psalm  is,  that  the  word 
"  Lord  "  occurs  in  every  stanza. 

""  >nans',  "I  love:"  Eng.  Bibl.    t)ycnrt]aa^  Sept.     Dilexi,  Vulgate. 
"  Ileb.  hath  heard  the  Lord,  "  Heb.  and. 

•'  Ileb.  preserveth  the  Lord.  ^  *3  final  for  ^ . 

'"  Heb.  lands.  ^  "  '3X ,  emphatic. 


252  TlIK    ]5(1()K    OF    ^'SALAIS.  [Part  \' 


rSALM   CXVIII. 

1. 

O  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  for  ho  is  orood: 

For  everlnsting  is  his  mercy. 
Let"  Israel  now  say. 

That  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
Let''  the  house  of  Aaron  now  say. 

That  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
Lct*^  them  that  fear  the  Lord  now  say. 

That  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 

2. 

In  trouble  I  called  upon  the  Lord  : 

The^  Lord  heard  me  at  large. 

The  Lord  is  with  me :   I  will  not  fear  : 

What^  can  man  do  unto  me? 

The  Lord  is  with  me  among  them  that  help  me : 

And  I  myself  shall  *  look  upon  them  that  hate  me. 

3. 
Better  to  *have  refuge  in  the  Lord, 

Than  to  *have  trust  in  man. 
Better  to  have  *  refuge  in  the  Lord, 

Than  to*  have  trust  in  princes. 

4. 
All  the  *  heathen  compassed  me  about : 

In '^  the  Name  of  thc.LoRD  !  .  .  for  I  will  *cut  them  down. 
They  compassed  me,  yea,  they  compassed  me  about. 

In  the  Name  of  the  Lord  I  .  .  for  T  will  cut  thoni  down. 

",  '",  "^  Heb.  let  say  now  Israel :  house  of  Anron,  &r. 
''  Heb.  heard  me  at  large  the  Lord. 
"  Heb.  what  can  do  to  mo  man. 
^  This  is  a  war  cry. 


Paut  v.]  the    book    of    I'SALMS.  253 

They  C()ni[)a!58etl  inc  like  bees  : 

They  arc  extinguished  as  fire  amoiKj  thorns  : 

In  the  Name  of  the  Lord  :   for  I  will  cut  them  down. 

5. 
Thou''  hast  thrust  and  thrust  at  me,  that  I  mUjId  fall  : 
lUit  the  Loi{D  was  my  help. 
My  strength  and*^  song  is  the  Loiii), 
And  he  is  become  to  me  salvation. 

6. 

The  voice  of  *joyfuI  singing  and  salvation  is  in  the  tabernacles 
of  the  righteous : 

The  right  hand  of  the  Lord  docth  valiantly. 
The  right  hand  of  the  Lord  is  exalted  : 

The  right  hand  of  the  LORD  doeth  valiantly. 

7. 
1  shall  not  die,  but  1  shall  live,'^ 

And  *tcll  the  works  of  the  Lord. 

The  Lord  with  *  chastening  hath  chastened  me:'^ 
But  to  death  he  hath  not  given  me. 

8. 
Open  me  the  gates  of  righteousness  ; 

I  will  go  into  thein  :   I  will  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord. 
This  is  the  gate  of  the  Lord  : 

The  righteous  shall  oo  into  it. 

9. 
I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee,  for  thou  hast  heard  luc, 
And  art  become  to  me  salvation. 
The  stone  ivhich  the  builders  refused*^ 
Is  become  the  head  stone  of  the  corner. 

"  Heb.  thrusting  tlif)u  hast  thrust.  ''  Hob.  psahn. 

'■  Ileb.  lor  1  shall  live. 

''  Ileb.  chastening  hath  chastened  me  the  Lori>. 

'  Ileb.  refused  the  builders. 


254  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  V. 

From  the  Lokd  is  this: 

The*  same^  is  marvellous  in  our  cyc8. 

This  is  the  day  which  the  Loud  hath  made  : '' 

We  will  rejoice  and  be  glad  in  it. 

10. 
I  beseech  thee,  O  Lord,  save  us  now  : 
I  beseech  thee,  O  Lord,  send  prosperity  now. 
Blessed  be  he  that  cometh  in  the  Name  of  the  Lord  : 
We  have  blessed  you  out  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
God  is  the  Lord,  and  he  hath  shewed  lio-ht  to  us : 
Bind  *=  the  sacrifice  with  cords,  unto  the  horns  of  the  altar. 

11. 

My  God  art  thou,  and  I  will  give  thanks  to  thee : 
ISIy  God,  I  will  exalt  thee. 
O  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  for  he  is  good : 
For  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 

"  N-'n.  ''  Ilcb.  liath  made  tlio  Lorj). 

""  an )  a  special  sacrifice  for  a  great  festival. 


Part  V.]  THE   IK)()K   oi'   rsALMS.  2.55 


PSALM  CXIX. 

K.     1. 

*  Happy  arc  the  perfect  in  the  way, 
Who  walk  in  the  law  of  the  Lord. 

*  Happy  are  the  *  observers  of  his  testimonies: 
With  the  whole  heart  they  seek  him. 

*  Verily  they  who  do  no  iniquity, 
In  his  ways  they  walk. 

Thou  thyself  hast  commanded  us 
Thy  precepts  to  keep  with  diligence.'* 

0  that  my  ways  were  made  direct 
To  keep  thy  statutes. 

So  shall  I  not  be  ashamed, 

While  I  *  behold  all  thy  commandments. 

1  will  praise  thee  with  uprightness  of  heart. 
When  I  learn  the  judgments  of  thy  righteousness. 
Thy  statutes  I  will  keep  : 

O  forsake  me  not  utterly.^ 

1.     2. 
Wherewithal  shall  a  young  man  cleanse  his  *  path  ? 
By  *  keeping  himself  accovding  to  thy  word. 
With  my  whole  heart  have  I  sought  thee : 
Let  me  not  go  *  astray  from  thy  conunandmenls. 
Within  my  heart  have  I  hid  thy  *  saying: 
That  I  should  not  sin  against  thee. 
Blessed  art  thou,  O  Loud: 
O  *  learn  me  thy  statutes. 
With  my  lips  have  T  been  telling 
Of  all  the  judgments  of  thy  mouth. 
In  the  way  of  thy  testimonies  have  I  rejoiced 

■',  ''  llcl>.  oxi-ce(lin;>lv  :   IKD 


256  THE    IJOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  V, 

As  ill  all  riches. 

In  thy  ju'ecepts  will  I  meditate, 

And  *  behold  thy  *  paths. 

In  thy  statutes  will  I  deligiit  niysell': 

I  will  not  forget  thy  word. 

X     3. 

0  do  well  to  thy  servant : 

1  shall  live,  and  shall  keep  thy  word. 
Open  thou  mine  eyes, 

And  I  shall  behold  the  wonders  of  thy  law. 

*  A  pilgrim  am  I  on  the  earth  : 

O  hide  not  from  ine  thy  commandments. 

INIy  "^  soul  brcakcth  out  for  the  desire  it  hath 

Unto  thy  judgments  at  all  times. 

Thou  hast  rebuked  the  proud : 

Cursed  are  they  that  *go  astray  from  thy  commandments. 

Remove  from  me  reproach  and  contempt: 

For  thy  testimonies  I  have  observed. 

Princes  also  did  sit  ^  against  me  they  spake : 

Thy  servant  did  meditate  in  thy  statutes. 

Tliy'^  testimonies  also  arc  my  delight, 

Even  my  counsellors.'' 

-I.      4. 
My*"  soul  cleavetli  to  the  dust : 
Quicken  me,  according  to  thy  word. 
Of  my  ways*  I  did  tell,  and  thou  hcardest  me: 
O*  learn  me  thy  statutes. 

The  way  of  thy  precepts  make  me  to  uiiderstand : 
And  I  will  meditate  on  thy  wonders. 
My  ^  soul  meltcth  away  for  heaviness : 
Stablish  me  according  to  tliy  *  saying: 

"  lleb.  brcakcth  out  my  sutil. 

''  Ileb.  also  sat  princes.  '    llcb.  al.-o  t!iy  testimonies. 

■'  Heb.  men  of  my  counsel :  niarg.  Eiig.  liibl. 

'  Heb.  eleavetli  to  tlie  dust  my  soul. 

'   Heb.  mcltetli  away  my  soul. 


Part  V.]  TllIO    HOOK    OF    I'SALMS.  *i57 

Thu  way  of  falsehood  reniove  from  me : 

And  thy  law  grant  me  graciously. 

The  way  of  truth  I  have  chosen  : 

The  judgments  I  liave  laid  before  me. 

I  have  *  cleaved  to  thy  testimonies: 

O  Loud,  make  me  ncjt  ashamed. 

The  way  of  thy  commandments  1  will  run, 

When''  thou  shalt  have  enlarged  my  lieart, 

n.    5. 
Teach  me,  O  Loud,  the  way  of  thy  statutes, 
And  I  shall  observe  it  unto  the  end. 
INIake  me  to  understand,  and  I  shall  observe  thy  law: 
And  I  shall  keep  it  with  my  whole  heart. 
Shew*  me  the  way  in  the  *  track  of  thy  commandments. 
For  therein  have  I  delight. 
Incline  my  heart  unto  thy  testimonies. 
And  not  to  covetousness. 

INIake^  mine  eyes  to  pass  away  from  lieholding  vanity  : 
In  thy  way  quicken  me. 
O  stablish  in  thy  servant  thy  *  saying, 
Wlio*^  feareth  thee. 

Make  to  pass  away  the  '^i-eproach  which  I  fear: 
For  thy  judgments  are  good : 
Behold,  my  desire  is  for  thy  precepts  : 
In  thy  righteousness  quicken  me. 

1.      6. 
Lef  thy  mercy  also  come  unto  me,  O  Lord: 
Thy  salvation,  according  to  thy  *  saying. 
And  I  shall  answer  those  who  reproach  me  in  word  :*" 
For  I  have  trusted  in  thy  Avord. 

And  take  not  from  my  mouth  the  word  of  truth  utterly  : 
For  in  thy  judgments  I  have  hoped. 

"  Or  "  for  :'"  O-  ''   Ileb.  make  to  pass  away  mine  eyes. 

*■■  Heb.  who  is  to  thy  fear.  ■'  Heb.  my  reproach. 

*  Heb.  and  let  come. 
'  Or,  "in  any  thing:"  mar;:.  Eng.  Bibl. 


258  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  V. 

And  I  shall  keep  thy  law  contlmially, 

For  ever  and  ever. 

And  I  Avill  walk  at  large  : 

For  thy  in-eecpts  I  seek. 

And  1  will  speak  of  thy  testimonies  before  kings  ; 

And  will  not  be  ashamed. 

And  I  will  delight  myself  in  thy  commandments 

Which  I  have  loved.  [have  loved  : 

And  I  will  lift  up  my  hands  to  thy  commandments,  which  I 

And  I  will  meditate  in  thy  statutes. 

T.  7. 
Remember  thy  word  to  thy  servant, 
Upon  which  thou  hast  caused  me  to  hope. 
This  was  my  comfort  in  mine  afflictions  ; 
For  thy  *  saying  hath  quickened  me. 
The  proud  have  derided  me  exceedingly : 
From  thy  law  I  have  not  declined. 
I  rememljered  thy  judgments  of  old, 

0  Lord,  and  have  received  comfort.*"^ 
Horror  hath  taken  hold  on  me. 

For  the  ungodly  who  are  forsaking  thy  law: 
Thy  ''statutes  '^have  been  songs  to  me 
In  the  house  of  my  pilgrimage. 

1  remembered  in  the  night  thy  Name,  O  Lord, 
And  kept  thy  law. 

This  "^was  even  so  to  me. 
Because  thy  precepts  I  *  observed. 

n.  8. 
My  portion  is  the  IjOI'vT)  : 
I  have  said  that  I  would  keep  thy  word. 
I  made  my  petition  before  thee  with  my  whole  heart : 
Have  mercy  upon  me,  according  to  thy  *  saying. 

»  Ileb.  comtbrtctl  myself. 

''  lleb.  songs  have  been  to  me  thy  statutes. 

•^  Ilcb.  "  have  been,"  emphatic. 

■'  nn*n,  ('nii)h:itic. 


Pakt  v.]  TMK    IJOOK    OF    PSALMS.  251) 

I  ''tlu)ii<»;lit  oil  my  \viiy.<, 

And  turned  my  t'ect  unto  tliy  testimonies. 

I  made  haste,  and  delayed  not 

To  keep  thy  eonunandments. 

The  bands  of  the  ungodly  have  robbed  me  : 

Thy  law  I  have  not  forgotten. 

In  the  midst  of  the  night  T  will  rise  to  give  thanks  to  thee, 

Because  of  the  judgments  of  thy  righteousness. 

A  companion  am  I  of  all  who  fear  thee. 

And  of  them  that  keep  thy  precepts. 

Of  thy  mercy,  O  Loiiu,  the  "^  earth  is  full ; 

Thy  statutes  *  learn  me. 

n.  <J. 
Good  hast  thou  done  unto  thy  servant, 
O  Lord,  according  to  thy  word. 
Good  ^^judgment  and  knowledge  learn  me. 
For  in  thy  conmiandnients  have  I  believed. 
Before  I  was  afflicted,  "-^  I  surely  went  astray  : 
But  now  thy  *  saying  have  I  kept. 
Good  art  thou,  and  he  that  doeth  good  : 
O  learn  me  thy  statutes. 

They  have  forged  a  lie  against  me,  the  proud, 
As  for  me,  with  vii/  whole  heart  I  will  *  observe  thy  precepts. 
Fat  as  brawn  is  their  heart : 
As  for  me,  in  thy  law  I  delight. 
Good  is  it  for  me  that  I  have  been  afflicted, 
That  I  might  learn  thy  statutes. 
Better  for  me  is  the  law  of  thy  mouth, 
Than  thousands  of  gold  and  silver. 

\   10. 
Thy  hands  have  made  me  and  fashioned  me  : 
Make  me  to  understand,  and  I  shall  learn  thy  commanrlments. 

°  Heb.  counted,  TllfH  :  oonipare  "  tellinu;'*  in  Beth,  line  5.  ,  J 

*■  Is  full  the  earth.  '"  Heb.  tn.ste  :    OVVi-     * 

■'   *3X,  eini>h:itif. 

s    2 


260  Tin-:  uook  of  psalms.  [Paut  v. 

They  tliat  fear  thee  shall  sec  me,  and  be  <z;latl : 

Because  in  thy  word  I  have  lioped. 

I  know,  O  Lord,  that  rigliteoiisncss  are  thy  judgments, 

And  that  in  faithfnhicss  tliou  hast  afflicted  me. 

O  let  now  thy  mercy  he  for  my  comfort: 

According  to  thy  *  saying  to  thy  servant. 

Let  "thy  tender  mercies  come  unto  me,  and  I  shall  live  : 

For  thy  law  is  my  delight.  [with  me  : 

Let  ^  the  proud  be  ashamed,  for  in  falsehood  are  they  perverse 

As  for  me,  I  will  meditate  on  thy  precepts. 

Let  those  turn  unto  me  that  fear  thee. 

And  have  known  thy  testimonies. 

Let  cmy  heart  be  *  perfect  in  thy  statutes, 

That  T  be  not  ashamed. 

D.    11. 
My  ^soul  hath  fainted  for  thy  salvation  : 
In  thy  word  I  hope. 
Mine  ''eyes  *are  faint  for  thy  word. 
Saying,  when  wilt  thou  comfort  me. 
For  I  am  become  like  a  bottle  in  the  smoke : 
Thy  statutes  I  do  not  forget. 
How  many  are  the  days  of  thy  servant  ? 
When  wilt  thou  *do  ^^judgment  on  my  persecutors? 
The  s  proud  have  digged  pits  for  me, 
"Which  are  not  *  according  to  thy  law. 
All  thy  commandments  nve  truth  : 
Falsely  they  persecute  me :   O  help  me. 
Almost  had  they  *  made  me  to  faint  upon  earth  : 
But  as  for  me,  I  forsook  not  thy  precepts. 
According  to  thy  mercy  quicken  me. 
And  T  shall  keep  the  testimonies  of  thy  mouth. 

"  Hl'Ij.  let  conic  unto  me  thy  tender  mercies. 

''  Ileb.  lot  lie  ivshanied  the  i)roud. 

'    lleb.  let  be  (eniphsitio)  my  heart. 

''  Ilel).  is  consumed  (or  thy  salvation  my  soiil. 

'   Ilel).  ("ail  mine  eyes. 

'  Ileb.  do  on  my  persecutors  judgment. 

'  Hel).  have  ili^^ffcd  fiir  inc  tln'  |)rn\iil  pits. 


Part  V.]  TUK    IJOOK    OF    I't^AL.MS.  2()1 

\  12. 
For  ever,  O  Loud,  is  thy  word: 
It  endiueth  In  heaven. 

Unto  "^genenitions  *  of  generations  is  thy  truth: 
Thou  hast  estal)lisiied  tlie  earth,  and  it  abideth. 
According  to  thy  judgments  they  *  abide  this  day  : 
For  all  are  thy  servants. 
Unless  thy  law  had  been  n\y  delight, 
Then  should  1  have  perished  in  my  afflictions. 
Never  '^will  I  forget  thy  })rcccpts : 
For  with  them  thou  hast  quickened  me. 
Thine  am  I :   O  save  me  : 
For  thy  precepts  I  have  sought. 

For  me  the  ungodly *"  have  waited  to  *make  me  perish; 
Thy  testimonies  I  will  consider. 
Of  all  perfection  I  have  seen  an  end  : 
Thy  conniiandment  is  *  large  exceedingly. 

72.    13. 
O  how  1  love  thy  law  I 

All  day  '4t  is  my  meditation.  [commandments  : 

Than  mine  enemies  thou  hast  made  me  wiser,  through  thy 
Because  for  ever*'  they  are  with  me. 
Than  all  my  teachers  I  have  more  *  prudence; 
Because  thy  testimonies  are  my  meditation.* 
Than  the  aged  I  have  more  understanding, 
Because  thy  precepts  I  have  oljscrved. 
From  every  *  path  of  evil  I  have  refrained  my  feet : 
That  I  might  keep  thy  word. 
From  thy  judgments  I  have  not  departed: 
For  thou  thyself  has  taught  me. 
How  sweet  to  my  ^throat  are  thy  words! 
Sioeeter  than  honey  to  my  mouth. 

"  Heb.  unto  generiitioii  and  generation. 
''  Heb.  for  ever  I  will  not  forget. 
'^  Heb.  have  waited  the  ungodly. 

^  "It,"eniph.:  ^*M.  *  "  They,"  emph. :   x^n. 

'  Heb.  meditation  to  me.  ^  Heb.  palate. 

ij   3 


262  TllK    1UK)K    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  V. 

From  thy  j)rccepts  I  get  unclcrstancling  : 
Therefore  1  hate  every  *  path  of  falsehood. 

].   14. 
A  lamp  to  my  feet  is  thy  word : 
And  a  liglit  unto  my  ''paths. 
I  have  sworn,  and  am  ''stedfastly  [jiirposed 
To  keep  the  judgments  of  tliy  righteousness. 
I  am  afflicted  *  exceedingly  : 

0  Lord,  quicken  nic,  according  to  thy  word.  [O  Lord  : 
A\  ith  the  free  will  offerings  of  my  mouth  be  pleased  now. 
And  thy  judgments  *  learn  me. 

My  soul  is  in  thy  hand  continually  ; 
Yet  thy  law  I  do  not  forget. 
The  "^  ungodly  have  laid  a  snare  for  me  : 
Yet  from  tliy  precepts  I  swerved  not. 

1  have  taken  as  an  heritage  thy  testimonies  for  ever ; 
For  the  joy  of  my  heart  are  they. 

I  have  inclined  my  heart  to  perform  thy  statutes, 
For  *ever,  even  unto  the  end. 

D.   15. 
Evil  ''imaginations  1  hate  : 
But  thy  law  do  I  love. 
My  hiding  place  and  shield  art  thou  : 
In  thy  word  I  hope. 
Depart  from  me,  ye  wicked  : 

For  I  Avill  observe  the  conunandments  of  my  God. 
Sustain  *me,  according  to  thy  *  saying,  and  I  shall  live: 
And  let  me  not  be  ashamed  of  mine  *  expectation. 
Hold  thou  me  up,  and  I  shall  be  safe  : 

And  I  shall  delight  in  thy  statutes  continually.  [statutes  : 
Thou  hast  trodden  down  all  them  that  *go  astray  from  thy 


"  Tll'n:  :   "  triickw." 

*'  ilD^pX  :   "  liavt,'  ('still)li^lle(l  it  as  a  jn'inciple." 
'■   ITfl).  tlicy  liavo  laid  tlie  tingcuUy  a  snare  for  me. 
•^  O^SyD:   "tlio  violent." 


I'akt  v.]  the    book    of    PSALMS.  263 

For  false  is  their  deeeit. 

As  dross  thou  makest  to  cease  all  the  ungudly  of  the  earth ; 

Therefore  I  love  thy  testiiuouies. 

My  *tlesh  treinbleth  for  fear  of  thee: 

And  of  thy  judgments  I  am  afraid. 

P.      16. 
I  have  done  judgment  and  *  righteousness: 
O  leave  me  not  to  mine  oppressors. 
Be  surety  to  thy  servant  for  good : 
Let  '^not  the  proud  oppress  nie. 
Mine  eyes  fail  for  thy  salvation. 
And  for  the  *  saying  of  thy  righteousness. 
Do  vu)to  thy  servant  according  to  thy  mercy  : 
And  thy  statutes  learn  me. 
Thy  servant  am  I :   O  give  me  understanding, 
And  I  shall  know  thy  testimonies- 
It  is  time  for  thee  to  do  it,  O  Lord/ 
They  have  destroyed  thy  law. 
Therefore  I  love  thy  commandments 

Above  gold  and  fine  gold.  fright ; 

Therefore  all  thy  prece})ts  concernhifj  all  things  I  hold''  to  be 
Every  way  of  falsehood  I  hate. 

S.      17. 
Wonderful  are  thy  testimonies : 
Therefore  "my  soul  observeth  them. 
Thc*^  going  forth  of  thy  words  giveth  light. 
Giving  understanding  to  the  simple. 
My  mouth  I  opened,  and  panted : 
Because  for  thy  conunandments  I  lonoed. 


*  Heb.  Irembleth  for  fear  of  ihec  my  flesh. 
^  Heb.  let  not  oppress  uie  the  proud. 

^  Heb.  to  the  Lord. 

^  Or,  "  T  hoM  striught," 

*  Heb.  observeth  them  my  souh 

^  riDD,  "the  entrance:"  Bible  translation. 

f;    4 


2(54  THE    liOOK    OF    psalms.  [Part  V. 

Look  upon  me,  and  have  mercy  on  me, 

According  "to  tlio*  judgment  on  tliosc  who  love  thy  Name. 

My  steps  order  in  thy  saying : 

And  let  there  not  be  dominion  over  me  of  any  iniquity. 

Redeem*  me  from  the  oppres-sion  of  man  : 

And  r  will  keep  thy  precepts. 

Shew  the  ''light  of  thy  countenance  upon  thy  servant, 

And*  learn  me  thy  statutes. 

Rivers  of  water  run  down  mine  eyes  : 

Because  they  keep  not  thy  hiw. 

^.      18. 
Righteous  art  thou,  O  Lojjd  : 
And  upright  arc  thy  judgments. 

Thou  hast  conmianded  the  righteousness  of  thy  testimonies, 
And  truth  exceeding  rjreaf. 
My*'  zeal  hath  consumed  me. 
Because  '^mine  enemies  have  forgotten  thy  word. 
Pure^  is  thy  word  *  exceedingly  : 
And  thy  servant  loveth  it. 
Small  am  I,  and  despised  : 
Thy  precepts  I  do  not  forget. 

Thy  righteousness  is  righteousness  for  everlasting : 
And  thy  law  is  truth. 
Trouble  and  heaviness  have  *  found  me: 
Thy  commandments  are  my  delight. 
The  righteousness  of  thy  testimonies  is  everlasting. 

0  make  mc  to  luiderstand,  and  I  shall  live. 

p.      1 9. 

1  cried  with  my  whole  heart : 

Hear  me,  ()  TjORD  :   thy  statutes  I  will  *observe. 

"  This  is  literal :  "the  custom"  (inarj^.  Eng.  Bibl.)  exjiresses  the  sense 
better:  kutu  to  Kfjifut :  l^XX. 

'•  Ileb.  of  thy  countenance  shew  the  lii^ht. 

'    Ileb.  hath  consumed  nie  my  zeal. 

■'  llcb.  because  have  forpotteu  thy  word  thine  enemies. 

*■  Or,  "  refined;"  "tried  in  the  fire:"  marg  Enj;;.  Bible,  and  Prayer 
H.iok. 


Part  V.]  THE    BOOK    OF    I't^Al.M.S.  265 

I  criccl  unto  thee,  O  save  me : 

And  I  shall  keep  thy  testimonies. 

I*  was  before  the  dawn,  and  I  cried  ;doud  : 

In  thy  word  I  liojjcd. 

Mine*  eyes  were  before  tlie  night  watches  : 

That  I  niiglit  meditate  in  thy  *  saying. 

O^  hear  my  voice  according;  to  thy  mercy  : 

0  Lord,  according  to  tl»y  judgment  ({uicken  me. 
They  draw  near  that  follow  after  mischief: 
From  thy  law  they  arc  far. 

Thou  art  near,  even  thou,  O  Loud  : 

And  all  thy  commandments  arc  truth. 

Of  old  have  I  known  of  thy  testimonies, 

That  from  everlasting  thou  hast  founded  them. 

-).     -20. 
Behold*  mine  afflictions,  and  deliver  me: 
For  thy  commandments  I  do  not  forget. 
Plead  °  tiiou  my  cause,  and  "^  redeem  me  : 
According  to  thy  *  saying  quicken  me. 
Far  from  the  ungodly  is  salvation  : 
For  thy  statutes  they  do  not  seek. 
Thy  tender  mercies  are  many,  O  Lord  : 
According  to  thy  judgments  quicken  me. 
Many  are  my  persecutors  and  mine  enemies : 
From  thy  testimonies  I  do  not  decline. 

1  beheld  the  '^transgressors,  and  was  grieved: 
Because  thy  *  saying  they  have  not  kept. 
Behold  *  how  °  I  love  thy  precepts  ; 

O  Lord,  according  to  thy  mercy  quicken  me. 

From^  the  beginning  thy  word  is  truth: 

And  from  everlasting  is  every  judgment  ol"  thy  righteousness. 

"  rieb.  were  before  mine  eyes  the  uiglit  watches. 

''  lleb.  my  voice  hear.  ^'  Ileb.  plead  my  pleading. 

''  Not  the  same  word  as  that  so  transhvted  in  S,  1 1 . 

*  Heb.  behold  how  thy  precepts  I  love. 

'  Heb.  the  beginning  of  thy  word  is  true.     Marg.  Eng.  Bibl. 


^66  Till-:   IJOOK   OF   PSALMS.  [Part  V. 

tf.      21. 
Princes  have  persecuted  me  without  a  cause: 
But  of  thy  word*  my  heart  is  afraid, 
liejoiced  am  I  in  *thy  saying, 
As  he  that  findctli  a  *  multitude''  of  si)oil. 
Falsehood*  I  hate' and  abhor; 
Thy  law  do  I  love. 
Seven  times  a  day  do  I  praise  thee, 
Because  of  the  judgments  of  thy  righteousness. 
The'=  *  multitude  of  peace  is  to  those  that  love  thy  law: 
And'^  to  them  there  is  no  stundjling  block, 
I  have  *  expected  thy  salvation,  O  Lord  : 
And  thy  commandments  I  have  done. 
My*'  soul  hath  kept  thy  testimonies. 
And  loved  them  exceedingly. 
I  have  kept  thy  precepts  and  thy  testimonies : 
For  all  thy  ways  are  before  me. 

n.     22. 
Let'  my  complaint*  come  near  thee,  O  Loud  : 
According  to  thy  word  make  me  to  understand. 
Lets  my  supplication  come  before  thy*  face, 
According  to  thy  *  saying  deliver  me. 
My**  lips  shall  utter  praise, 
AVhen  thou  hast  *  learned  me  thy  statutes ; 
My'  tongue  shall  Jsing  of  thy  *  saying, 
For  all  thy  commandments  are  righteousness. 
Let''  thy  hand  be  for  my  help  : 
For  thy  precepts  I  have  chosen. 


»  Ileb.  is  afrniil  iny  lioart.  ^  Hub.  sixiil  iiiiiltitudc. 

'   Ileb.  peace  in  inultitudc.  ''  Ileb.  and  nut  to  lliem  is. 

•^  Ileb.  hath  kept  my  soul. 

'   Ileb.  let  eonie  near  my  eoniphiint :  "  iny  singing  :  "  *n3"l. 

^  Hob.  let  come  my  snppliiation. 

•"  Hel).  sliall  utter  my  lip  (singulai  niindier). 

'    IIel>.  shall  sing  my  tongue. 

'   Ileb.  shall  answer,  or  sing  respon:<ively. 

"   Heb.  let  be  thy  hand. 


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I  have  longed  for  thy  salvation,  O  Loud  : 

And  thy  law  is  my  delight. 

Lef^  my  soul  live,  and  it  shall  praise  thee  : 

And  thy  judgments  shall  help  me. 

I  have  gone  astray  like  a  sheep  that  is  lost :  [gotten. 

O  seek  thy  servant :   for  thy  commandments  I  have  not  for- 

"  Ileb.  let  live  inv  soul. 


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PSALM  CXX. 

A  Song  of  Degrees. 

To  the  Loud  in  my  "troubk;  T  ciilled,  and  lie  heard  nie. 

O  LoKl>,  deliver  my  soul  from  tlie  lips  ''of  lying, 

From  llic  tongue  of  deceit. 

What  shall  be  given  to  thee,  and  what  t^hall  be'' done  to  thee, 

0  tongue  of  deceit  ? 

.Vrrows  of  the  mighty  man  tliaT  arc  !<harp, 
AVith  hot  coals  of  juniper. 

AVoc  is  me,  that  I  sojourn  with  INIesecIi, 

That  I  dwell  in  the  tents  of  Kedar !  [peace. 

Long  hath  my  soul  had  her  dwelling  ''with  him  that  hateth 

1  am  for  peace : 

But  wiien  I  speak,  they  are  for  war. 


"  Heb.  tlie  Irouhle  to  uu-.  ^   llel).  lip. 

•^  Hcl).  sliall  be  addrd.  •>  Hob.  ilwolliiii:  to  her. 


Part  V.]  TIIK    I'.OOK    OF    PSAl-MS.  209 


PSALM  cxxr.  t 

A  Song  of  Degrees. 

I  will  lift  up  mine  eyes  unto  tlic  liills. 
From  whence  conicth  my  helj). 
My  help  is  from  the  Loiti), 
W/io  liath  made  heaven  and  eartli. 

He  will  not  "^ suffer  thy  foot  to  be  moved: 

lie  will  not  sleep  who  k(!epeth  thee : 

Beholdj  he  will  not  sleep  nor  slumber,  who  keepeth  Tsi'acl. 

The  Lord  is  thy  keeper  : 

The  Loud  is  thy  •'shade  upon  thy  '"right  hand. 

By  day  the  sun  shall  not  smite  thee, 

Nor  the  moon  by  night. 

The  Lord  shall  *keep  thee  from  all  evil  : 

He  shall  keep  thy  soul : 
The  Lord  shall  *kecp  thy  going  out  and  thy  coming  in. 

From  this  time  forth  and  for  evermore. 

t  "^0t^' "  to  keep,"  is  the  burthen,  or  recurring  word,  of  this  Psiiini. 

"  Ileb.  give  to  be  moved  thy  foot. 

''  This  rendering,  which  is  that  of  the  English  Bible,  and  of  the  LXX 
(rtKcmi),  is  in  accordance  Avith  the  accompanying  ideas.  The  Prayer 
Book  translation  gives  "defence." 

'    lleb.  hand  right. 


270  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  V. 


PSALM  CXXII.  t 

A  Song  of  Degrees.     Of  David. 

I  was  glad,  when  they  said  unto  nic, 

To  the  house  of  the  LoiiD  Avill  we  go. 

Our  ^feet  arc  standing  in  thy  gates,  O  Jerusalem. 

Jerusalem  is  built  as  a  city  ^that  is  compact  in  itself  together : 
There  go  up  the  tribes,  the  tribes  of  the  Lord,     [the  Lord. 
The  testimony  '^  of  Israel,  do  give  thanks  unto  the  Name  of 
For  there  are  set  thrones  for  judgment. 
Thrones  for  the  house  of  David. 

O  pray  for  the  peace  of  Jerusalem  : 

They  shall  prosper  that  love  thee. 
Peace  be  within  thy  walls, 

Prosperity  within  thy  palaces. 

For  the  sake  of  my  brethren  and  companions, 

I  will  say  now.  Peace  be  within  thee: 
For  the  *  sake  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  our  God, 

I  will  seek  good  for  thee. 

f  The  burthen  of  this  Psahn  is  OX',  "  j)cace."  The  play  upon 
words  is  very  remarkable :  Di.*',  "there,"  andDtJ',  "the  name:"  lines 
5  and  6.  Q"'D3t;* ,  "tribes,"  line  5  ;  tDS^:'©,  line  7.  Then  in  line  9,  and 
those  which  follow  :  i'?KC  ,  "  pray  ;"  DI^CJ' ,  "  peace  ;"  CIl'?L*'n' ,  "  Jeru- 
salem;" VpC^  ,  "shall  i)rosper;"  niX'i  "prosperity." 

"  Or,  "were  standing  :"  VH  nnoy  :  ttrnorn:  7i<tii);  LXX. 

^  Dr.  Kennicott,  in  his  Remarks  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment, observes,  that  in  this  Psalm  occurs  the  first  instance  of  the  abbre- 
viation of  y^H ,  into  i^  (in  this  line  mnnt^O-  -The  internal  marks  of 
several  of  the  following  Psalms,  particularly  the  cxxiiid  and  cxxxviith, 
will  make  it  probable  that  this  abbreviation  is  the  work  of  a  later 
age,  and  at  least  as  recent  as  the  Captivity."  But  the  same  abbre- 
viations occur  in  the  Books  of  Judges  and  of  Job.  See  the  same  work. 
Page  15.3. 

'    Hob.  testimoiiit's. 


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PSALM  CXXIII.  t 
A  Song  of  Degrees. 

tJnto  thee  lift  I  up  mine  eyes, 

O  thou  that  dwcllest  in  the  heavens.  [*  lords  ; 

Behold,  as  the  eyes  of  servants  look   unto  the  hand  of  their 

As  the  eyes  of  a  maiden  unto  the  hand  of  her  mistress, 

So  our  eyes  look  unto  the  Lokd  our  (iod. 

Until  he  have  mercy  upon  us. 

Have  mercy  upon  us,  ()  Lord,  have  mercy  upon  us. 

For  we  ai'c  *greatly  filled  with  contempt. 

Greatly  *  filled  "is  our  soul  with  the  scorn  of  the  wealthy,** 

With  the  contempt  of  the  proud. 

f  The  burthen  of  tin's  Psalm  is  >J^y ,  "  eyes." 

"  Ileb   to  herself.  ^'  Ileb.  those  th;it  are  at  ease. 


272  THH    1500K    or    psalms.  [Paut  V 


PSALM  CXXIV. 

A  Song  of  Degrees  of  David. 

If  it  luul  nut  l)ccn  the  Lokd  irho  was  on  our  side, 

Now  ''may  Israel  say: 

If  it  had  not  been  the  Lord  vho  was  on  our  side, 

AVhen  ^nian  rose  up  against  us  : 

Then  *  alive  had  they  swallowed  us, 

In  the  kindling  of  their  wrath  against  us  : 

Then  the  waters  had  drowned  us, 

The  stream  had  gone  over  our  soul : 

Then  had  gone  over  our  soul  the  waters  f»f  the  proud. 

Praised  be  the  LoKi), 

Who  hath  not  given  us  as  a  prey  unto  their  teeth. 

Our  soul  as  a  bird  is  escai)cd  from  the  snare  of  the  fowlers 

The  snare  is  broken,  and  we  ourselves  are  escaped. 

Our  help  is  in  the  Name  of  the  Loud, 

Who  hath  made  heaven  and  earth. 

"  Ileb.  may  say  now  Israel. 

''  Ilcb.  in  the  rising  up  against  iis  of  man. 


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PSALM  CXXV. 

A  Song  of  Degrees. 

They  that  trust  in  the  Lord,  are  as  the  *  Hill  of  Sion. 

It  shall  not  be  moved  :  for  ever  it  abideth. 

Jerusalem :  .  the  hills  arc  round  about  her : 

And  the  Lord  is  round  about  his  people, 

From  henceforth,  and  for  evermore.  [righteous : 

For  *the  rod  of  ungodliness  shall  not  rest  in  the  lot  of  the 

To  ''the  *end  that  the  righteous  put  not  forth  their  hands  to 

Do  good,  O  Lord,  to  the  good,  [iniquity. 

And  to  those  that  are  upright  in  their  hearts. 

But  those  who  turn  aside  to  their  crooked  ways. 

The  •'Lord  shall  lead  them  forth  with  the  workers  of  evil ; 

Peace  shall  be  upon  Israel. 

"  Ileb.  for  shall  not  rest  the  rod,  &c. 

''  Ileb.  to  the  end  that  put  not  forth  the  righteous  to  iniquity  their 
hands. 

"  Heb.  shall  lead  them  forth  the  Lo~d. 


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PSALM  CXXVI.  t 
A  Sono;  of"  Degrees. 

I. 

When*  the  Lord  turned  the  captivity  of  Sion, 

We  were  like  them  that  dream. 

Then  was  filled  with  laughter  our  mouth. 

And  our  tongue  with  singing. 

Then  said  they  among  the  heathen, 

Great  ^tilings  the  Loud  hath  done  for  them. 

Great  things  the  Lord  hath  done  for  us. 

We  '^are  therefore  glad. 

II. 
Turn,  O  Lord,  our  captivity, 
As  '^the  rivers  in  the  south. 

They  that  sow  in  weeping 

In  singing  shall  reap. 
He  ®that  goeth  on  his  way  and  weepeth. 
Bearing  the  '^precious  seed. 
Shall  come  again  with  singing, 
Bearing  his  sheaves. 

t  2)^  ,  ",turn,''jiml  IJI,  "sing,"  are  the  burthens  of  this  Psahu. 

"  There  is  a  phiy  upon  the  words  :  2)1^^,  "  turn  ;"  na^Ei',  "  captivity." 
The  English  Bible  translators  seem  to  consider  n3'•t^'  as  derivable,  either 
from  21^ ,  "  to  turn,"  or  n3ti' ,  "  to  lead  captive ; "  their  marginal  rendering 
being  "  returned  the  returning." 

^  "  Hath  magnified  to  do  with  them:"  marg.  Eng.  Bibl. :  tfiaydXvt'tv 
Tov  TToujacu  :  LXX.     The  expression  is  too  idiomatic  to  render  literally. 

"^  The  word  "therefore"  is  added  to  express  the  emphatic  iy*n ,  "we 
are." 

^  "The  torronts  in  the  ]):u\'iu'il  land:"  x-n/jappoix; :  LXX. 

'  Heb.  he  that  goinj,'  gooth  :  "coming  shall  come." 

'  "jK'Dj  "  the  seed-basket :  "  marg.  Eng.  Bibl.     The  word  is  obscure. 


Part  V.]  THE    BOOK   OF    PSALMS.  276 


PSALM  CXXVII.  t 

A  Song  of  Degrees  of  Solomon. 

If  tlie  Lord  buildeth  not  the  house. 

In  vain  they  labour  that  build  it: 
If  the  LoKi)  kcepeth  not  the  city, 

In  vain  waketh  the  *  keeper." 

Vain  is  it  for  you  ^  to  be  early  in  rising, 

To  be  late  in  resting, 

To  eat  the  bread  of  sorrows  ; 

So  "he  giveth  to  his  beloved  ones  sleep. 

Behold,  an  heritage  of  the  Lord  are  children, 
His  gift  is  the  fruit  of  the  womb. 
As  arrows  in  the  hand  of  a  mighty  man. 
So  are  the  children  of  youth. 

Happy  is  the  man  that  hath  filled  his  quiver  with  them ; 
They  shall  not  be  ashamed,  when  they  speak  with  the  enemies 
in  the  gate. 

t  NIK* »  "  vain,"  is  the  burthen  of  this  Psahn. 

■  Heb.  watchman  :  but  "  keeper"  is  given,  in  order  to  correspond  with 
the  word  in  the  preceding  line. 

'•  Heb.  being  early  to  rise  :  being  late  to  rest :  eating,  &c. 

"  The  Septuagint  reads  *3  :  orav ;  which  is  read  by  one  or  two  of 
Kennicott's  copies.  This  may  be  rendered  either  "  when,"  or  "  for  : "  the 
latter  is  the  most  consistent  sense.     "  For  so  : "  the  English  Psalter. 


T   2 


276  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  |  Part  V. 


PSALM  CXXVIII. 

A  Song  of  Degrees. 
I. 
Happy  *is  every  one  that  fearcth  the  Lord, 
That  walketh  in  his  ways. 
For  *the  labour  of  thine  hands  thou  shalt  eat : 
Happy  art  thou,  and  it  is  well  with  thee : 
Thy  wife  as  the  vine  so  fruitful  on  the  sides  of  thine  house  : 
Thy  children  as  the  plants  of  the  olive  round  about  thy  table. 

II. 

Behold,  *even  ''thus  shall  be  blessed 

The  "man  that  feareth  the  Lord. 

The  Lord  shall  bless  thee  out  of  Sion  ;  [life. 

And  thou  shalt  ^  see  the  good  of  Jerusalem  all  the  days  of  thy 

And  thou  shalt  see  thy  children's  children, 

Peace  upon  Israel. 

"  Heb.  the  labour  of  thine  hand  for  (or  "  then")  thou  shalt  eat. 
^  Heb.  that. 

■^  "123  :  "  the  mighty  man."     It  is  only  used  by  later  writers  to  signify 
merely  a  man. 

^  Heb.  look  upon  the  good  :  look  upon  thy  children's  children. 


Part  V.]  THE    BOOFC   OF    PSALMS.  277 


PSALM  CXXIX. 

A  Song  of  Degrees. 

Many  a  time  have  they  *  troubled  me  from  my  youth, 
May  *  Israel  now  say  : 

Many  a  time  have  they  *  troubled  me  from  my  youth  ; 
Yet  they  have  not  prevailed  against  me. 

On  my  back  have  ploughed  the  ploughers. 

They  have  made  long  their  furrows : 

The  Lord  is  righteous : 

He  hath  cut  asunder  the  cords  of  the  ungodly. 

Let  them  be  *  ashamed  and  turned  backward 

All  that  are  haters  of  Sion. 

Let  them  be  *as  the  grass  of  the  house  tops, 

Which  before  it  growetli  up,  is  withered ;  ^ 

Wherewith  he  filleth  not  his  hand  that  moweth, 

Nor  his  bosom  he  that  bindeth  sheaves  : 

And  they  say  not  who  go  by,  The  blessing  of  the  Lord  be 

We  bless  you  in  the  Name  of  the  Lord.  [upon  you : 

*  Heb.  may  say  now  Israel.  ''  Heb.  is  ashamed. 

*#*  The  letter  V  occurs  very  frequently  in  this  Psalm. 


T     Z 


278  THE   BOOK   OF   PSALMS.  [Part  V- 


PSALM  CXXX. 
A  Song  of  Degrees. 

Out  of  the  depths  have  I  cried  unto  thee,  O  Lord  : 
Lord,  hearken  to  my  voice : 

0  *  let  thine  ears  attend  to  the  voice  of  my  suppUcation. 
If  for  iniquities  thou  shouldest  *  watch,  O  LoiiD, 
Lord,  who  could  stand  ? 

For  with  thee  is  forgiveness : 
Therefore  shalt  thou  be  feared. 

1  *hope  for  the  Lord  :  *my  soul  doth  hope. 
And  in  his  word  I  *  trust. 

My  soul  is  for  the  Lord, 

]More  than  the  watchmen  for  the  morning, 

Tha7i  the  watchmen  for  the  morning. 

Let*^  Israel  *taiTy  for  the  Lord: 

For  with  the  Lord  there  is  mercy. 

And  '^  with  him  is  the  plenteousness  of  redemption  : 

And  He  it  is  tcho  shall  redeem  Israel  from  all  his  iniquities. 

*  Heb.  be  (emph.)  thine  ears  attentive. 

''  Heb.  doth  Iu)j)e  my  soul. 

'  Heb.  trust  Israel  in  the  Lord. 

"*  Heb.  and  tl\e  plenteousness  is  witli  liini  of  redemption. 


Part  V.]  THE    HOOK    OF    rSALMS.  279 


PSALM  CXXXI. 

A  Song  of  Degrees  of  David. 

Lord,  there  \s^  no  haughtiness  in  my  heart. 

Neither  lofty  are  mine  eyes : 

Neither  have  I  walked  in  great  matters. 

Or  in  wonderful  things  that  were  above  me. 

Surely  I  have  '^refrained,  and  heen  quiet,'' 
My  soul  is  like  a  child  that  is  weaned  from  his  mother 
Like  a  child  that  is  weaned  is  my  soul. 

Let*^  Israel  trust  in  the  Lord, 
From  henceforth  and  for  evermore. 


"  Heb.  is  not  haughty  my  heart. 
''  Heb.  been  equable  :  traTrtivcKpfwvvin: 

'^  This  word  is  rendered  transitively  in  both  oin-  translations  :  but  the 
parallelism  requires  the  present  arrangement. 
''  Ileb.  trust  Israel. 


^^<^^  THE   BOOK   OF   PSALMS.  [Part  V. 


PSALM  CXXXII. 
A  Song  of  Degrees. 

I. 

1.  Remember,  O  Lord,  David, 
Even*  all  his  afflictions : 
How  he  sware  unto  the  Lord  : 

Hoio  he  made  a  vow  to  the  Mighty  One  of  Jacob, 

2.  I  will  not  come  within  the  *tent  of  mine  house, 

I  will  not  climb  up  into  the  *  covering  of  my  bed, 

I  will  not  give  sleep  to  mine  eyes. 

To  mine  eyelids  slumber, 

Until  I  find  a  place  for  the  Lord, 

A  *  tabernacle  for  the  Mighty  One  of  Jacob. 

Behold,  we  heard  of  it  at  Ephratah :  ^ 
We  found  it  in  the  fields  of  the  wood. 
We  will  go  into  his  tabernacle  : 
We  will  worship  at  his  footstool. 

II. 

3.  Arise,  O  Lord,  into  thy  i-esting  place, 
Thou,  and  the  ark  of  thy  strength : 

4.  Let  thy  priests  be  clothed  with  righteousness, 
And  let  thy  saints  sing  for  joy. 

.5.  For  the  sake  of  David  thy  servant 

Turn  not  awav  the  face  of  thine  Anointed. 


•  nX ,  e-mpliatic. 

*>  Tliis  jmssage  is  thus  c'xi)Iaine(l  by  Dr.  Lighttbot,  Chorogr.  Cent., 
c.  45. :  "  We  heard  of  it  (the  ark)  in  Epiiratah,  (that  is,  Shihih,)  a  city 
of  Ephraini  ;  we  found  it  in  the  fichls  of  the  wood,  that  is,  in  Kirjath 
Jearim.      1  Sam.  vii.  1.,  &c." 


Pakt  v.]  the    book    of    PSALMS.  281 

III. 

1.  The  Loud  hath  sworn  to  David  in  truth: 
He  will  not  turn  from  it. 

Of  the  fruit  of  thy  body  will  I  set  upon  thy  throne.* 
If  ^'tiiy  children  keep  my  covenant, 
And  my  testimonies  which  I  shall  learn  them. 
Then  their  children  for  ever  shall  sit  upon  thy  throne.'^ 

2.  For'*  the  Loud  hath  chosen  Sion  : 

He  hath  desired  it  as  a  dwelling  for  himself. 

3.  This  is  my  rest  for  ever : 

Here  will  I  dwell,  for  I  have  desired  it. 

4.  Her  provision  in  blessing  I  will  bless : 
Her  poor  I  will  satisfy  with  bread : 

And  her  priests  I  will  clothe  with  salv.ition : 
And  her  saints  in  singing  shall  sing  for  joy. 

5.  There  will  I  make  to  bud  the  horn  of  David  : 
I  have  ordained  a  lantern  for  mine  Anointed. 
Plis  enemies  T  will  clothe  with  shame  : 

But  upon  himself  shall  flourish  his  crown. 

•  Heb.  thy  throne  for  thee.  ^  Heb.  if  keep  thy  children. 

«  Heb.  on  the  throne  for  thee.  ''  Heb.  hath  chosen  the  Lord. 


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PSALM  CXXXIILf 
A  Song  of  Degrees.     Of  David. 

Behold,  how  good  and  how  pleasant  is  it 

The*  dwelling  of  brethren  together  in  unity  ! 

Like^  *the  good  ointment  upon  the  head 

That  came  down  unto  the  beard,  the  beard  of  Aaron, 

That  came  down  to  the  skirts  of  his  garments. 

Like  the  dew  of  Hermon, 

That  came  down  upon  the  hills  of  Sion. 

For  there  the  °Lord  commanded  the  blessing. 

Even  ^life  for  evermore. 

f  n"l\  to  descend,  or  come  down,  is  the  burthen  of  the  Psahn. 

"  Ileb.  the  resting.  ''  Ileb.  like  the  ointment  good. 

"-  Ileb   for  there  commanded  the  Lord. 

''  □■'Tl ,  "  lives." 


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PSALM  CXXXIV. 

A  Song  of  Degrees. 

Behold,  bless  ye  the  Lord  : 

All  ye  servants  of  the  Lord. 

Ye  that  stand  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  by  night. 

Left  up  your  hands  in  tlie  sanctuary, 

And  bless  ye  the  Lord. 

The  "Lord  bless  thee  out  of  Sion, 

Eveii  he  who  hath  made  heaven  and  earth. 


t  "I"I3  I  to  bless,  is  the  characteristic  word  of  this  Psalni. 
"  Ilcb.  bless  thee  the  Lord. 


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PSALM  CXXXV. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord  : 

1. 
Praise  the  Name  of  the  Lord  : 
Praise  it,  O  ye  servants  of  the  Lord. 
Ye  that  stand  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
In  the  courts  of  the  house  of  our  God  : 
Praise  the  Lord  :  for  good  is  the  Lord  : 
Make  a  *  psalm  to  his  Name :   for  it  is  pleasant. 
For  Jacob  the"  Lord  hath  chosen  to  himself: 
And  Israel  for  his  own  possession. 

2. 

For  I^  know  that  great  is  the  Lord, 

And  that  our  Lord  is  above  all  Gods.  [earth. 

Everything  that  the  *=LoRD  pleased,  he  did  in  heaven  and  in 

In  the  sea,  and  in  all  depths : 

Causing"*  the  vapours  to  rise  from  the  ends  of  the  earth : 

The  licfhtninfTs  for  the  rain  he  makcth  : 

Brino-in";  the  wind  out  of  his  treasures. 

He  smote  the  first-born  of  Egypt, 

From  man  even  unto  beast. 

He  sent  tokens  and  wonders  into  the  midst  of  thee,®  O  Egypt, 

On  Pharoah,  and  on  all  his  servants. 

He  smote  of  *  the  heathen  *nmltitudcs, 

And  slew  kings  that  were  strong. 

Sehon^  King  of  the  Amorites, 


"   llfl).  l.atli  clioseu  to  hiiiisull' tlic  LoRD. 

''  "  I,"  emphatic.  "  Heb.  pleased  the  Lord. 

•■  Ileb.  causing  to  rise  the  vaj)ours. 

•  ♦a  ,  the  Syriac  termination. 

'  S  is  prefixed  to  "  Sehon."  and  "  Og,"  as  in  the  Psahii  following. 


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And  Og  the  King  of  Basan, 
And  all  the  kingdoms  of  Canaan. 
And  gave  their  land  fox*  an  heritage, 
An  heritage  to  Israel  his  people. 

O  Lord,  thy  Name  is  for  everlasting  : 

O  Lord,  thy  memorial  is  to  generations  of  generation. 

3. 
The  idols  of  the  heathen  arc  silver  and  gold  ; 
The  work  of  the  hands  of  man. 

A  mouth  have  they  ;  but  they  speak  not : 
Eyes  have  they  ;  but  they  see  not. 
Ears  have  they ;  but  they  hear  not. 
Truly*  there  is^  no  breath  in  their  mouths. 
Like  them  ''are  they  that  made  them  : 
Even  every  one  who  trusteth  in  them. 

4. 
O  house  of  Israel,  bless  the  Lord  : 
O  house  of  Aaron,  bless  the  Lord  : 
O  house  of  Levi,  bless  the  Lord  : 
Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  bless  the  Lord. 
Blessed  be  the  Lord  out  of  Sion, 
Who  dwelleth  at  Jerusalem. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

°  P]X  :  I  strongly  suspect  that  a  passage  beginning  with  this  word  (noses 
have  they)  has  fallen  out  of  the  text.  It  is  found  in  one  of  Kennicott's 
MSS.,  and  has  been  added  in  later  times  to  the  LXX. 

''  "is,"  emphatic.  "^  "  are,"  emphatic. 


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PSALM  CXXXVI. 

O  give  thanks  to  the  Lord,  for  he  is  good  : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
O  give  thanks  to  the  God  of  Gods  : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
O  give  thanks  to  the  Lord  of  Lords  : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 

To  him  who  doeth  great  *  wonders  alone : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
To  him  who  made  the  heavens  by  *  understanding  : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
To  him  who  spread  out  the  earth  above  the  waters : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
To  him  who  made  great  ^lights: 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
The  Sun  to  rule  by  day  : 

for  evci'lasting  is  his  mercy. 
The  IVIoon  and  the  Stars  to  rule  by  night  : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 

To  him  who  smote  Egypt  in  their  first-born  : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
And  brought  out  Israel  from  the  midst  of  them : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
With  a  hand  of  strength,  and  an  arm  stretched  out : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
To  him  who  *  parted  the  Red  Sea  into  parts  : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
And  made  Israel  to  pass  through  the  midst  of  it : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 

•  Heb.  wonders  great.  ''  Ileh.  lights  great. 


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And  overthrew  Pharaoh  and  his  host*  in  the  Red  Sea: 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 

To  him  who  led  his  people  in  the  wilderness  : 

for  evei'lasting  is  his  mercy. 
To  him  who  smote  kings  who  were  great : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
And  slew  kings  who  were  mighty : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
Sehon  king  of  the  Amorites  : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
And  Og  the  king  of  Basan  : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
And  gave  their  land  for  an  heritage : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
An  heritage  to  Israel  his  servant. 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 

Who  ^  in  our  low  estate  remembered  us : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
And  hath  redeemed  us  from  our  enemies : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
He  giveth  food  to  all  flesh : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 
O  give  thanks  unto  the  God  of  heaven : 

for  everlasting  is  his  mercy. 

"  Heb.  his  strength.  ''  B^  prefixed. 


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PSALM    CXXXVII. 

By  the  rivers  of  Babylon,  there  we  sat  down, 
Yea,  we  wept,  when  we  remembered  Sion. 
Upon  the  willows  in  the  midst  thereof 
We  hanged  up  our  harps. 

For  there  they  required  of  us,  they  that  led  us  captive,  the 

words  of  a  song, 
And  they  that  "wasted  us,  flte  tvords  of  gladness : 
Sing  us  one  of  the  ^  songs  of  Sion. 

How  shall  we  sing  the  song  of  the  Lord, 

In  the  land  of  a  stranger  ? 

If  I  forget  thee,  O  Jerusalem, 

Let  cmy  right  hand  forget  herself. 

Let  "^my  tongue  cleave  to  the  ^roof  of  my  mouth. 

If  ^I  prefer  not  Jerusalem  above  my  chief  *  gladness. 

Remember,  O  Lord,  the  children  of  Edom,  in  the  day  of 
Jerusalem : 

Who  said,  ^Down  with  it,  down  with  it,  even  to  its  foun- 
dations.^ 


'  "  that  laid  us  on  heaps  :  "  marg.  Eng.  Bibl. 

*'  The   Hebrew   reads  "  song ; "    but    the   Septuagint,   and    both    our 
versions,  "  songs." 

■^  Ileb.  let  forget  (herself)  my  right  hand. 

''  Heb.  let  cleave  my  tongue. 

'  But  one  word  in  Hebrew  :  "  my  palate."' 

'  Heb.  if  I  exalt  not :  n^yx 

*  "  Rase  it,"  or  "  make  it  bare  :"  UKirovrt  :  LXX. 

•"  Heb.  the  foundations  in  it. 


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O  daughter  of  Babylon,  who  art"  to  he  destroyed, 

Happy  the  man,  that  *pcrforineth  to  thee 

The  *  recompense  ivherew'dh  thou  hast  recompensed  us. 

Happy  the  man  that  taketh 

And  dashcth  thy  little  children  against  the  stony  X'ock. 

■■■  mni-'TI :  Datlu',  Inllinving  De  Dieu,  tlic  Chaldoe,  ami  Syininaclius, 
gives  an  active  signification  to  this  word,  the  construction  being,  he  .says, 
;i  Chaldaisni  or  Sjrisin.     But  it  surely  is  prophetic. 


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PSALM  CXXXVIII. 
Of  David. 

I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee,  "O  Lord,  with  my  whole  heart: 

Before  the  gods  I  will  *inake  a  psalm  to  thee. 

I  will  worship  toward  the  temple  of  thy  holiness : 

And  I  will  give  thanks  unto  thy  \ame, 

For  thy  *  mercy,  and  for  thy  truth  : 

For  thou  hast  magnified,  above  every  name  of  thine,  thy  word. 

In  the  day  when  I  called,  then  thou  hcardest  me : 

Thou  didst  *stir  up  in  my  soul  strength.^ 

They  shall  give  thanks  unto  thee,  O  Loud,  all  the  kings  of 

the  earth. 
When  they  have  heard  the  words  of  thy  mouth. 
And  they  shall  sing  in  the  ways  of  the  Lokd, 
That  great  is  the  glory  of  the  Loud. 
For  high  is  the  Lord  :  yet  the  lowly  he  *behoIdeth  : 
And  the  proud  from  afar  he  knoweth.  [*quicken  me  : 

Thouofh  I  walk  through  the  midst  of  trouble,  thou  shalt 
Against  the  wrath  of  mine  enemies  thou  shalt  *send  foi'th 
And  "^thy  right  hand  shall  save  me.  [thy  hand : 

.The  Lord  will  perform  tliat  which  concerneth  mc  : 
O  Lord,  thy  mercy  is  everlasting  : 
The  works  of  thy  liands  do  not  forsake. 

"  The  word  Lord  is  not  in  the  received  Hebrew  text :  but  is  in  the 
Septuagint,  in  G  of  Kennicott'?,  and  8  of  De  Kossi's  copies,  and  in  the 
Prayer  Book  translation.  The  omission  of  the  divine  name  in  a  passage 
like  this  at  the  beginning  of  the  Psalm,  is  altogether  unexampled. 

'*  TToXvw f>t)(Tn^  :  LXX. 

•^  Ileb.  shall  save  mc  tliv  riglit  liand. 


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PSALM  CXXXIX. 

To  tlic  Chief  Musician.      A  Psalm  of  David. 

I. 
O  Loud,  thou  liast  .scarclicd  me  out,  and  known  me : 
ThoUj  even  thou  dost  know  my  *  resting  and  my  rising ; 
Thou  understandest  my  thouglits  afar  off. 
My  path  and  *my  bed  thou  spiest  out:  ^ 
And  with  all  my  ways  thou  art  acquainted :  ° 
For  there  is  not  a  word  in  my  tongue ; 
But,  lo,  O  Loud,  thou  knowest  it  altogether. 
Behind  and  before  thou  hast  fashioned  me  :  '^ 
And  thou  hast  laid  on  me  thy  hand. 

II. 

Too  wonderfid  is  this  knowlege  for  mc : 
It  is  high :   I  cannot  7rach  it. 

Whither  shall  I  go  from  thy  Spirit  ? 

And  whither  from  thy  Presence  shall  I  flee  ? 

If  I  climb  up  to  heaven,  tliere  art  thou  : 


•"  y3~l :  this  might  appear  u  Chaldaisni  for  y^") ,  were  it  not  that  the 
Psahn  is  unquestionably  from  the  hand  of  David. 

'',  '  "  Winnowest  "  and  "  laycst  up  in  store  :"  these  two  metaphors  arc 
from  husbandry.     Compare  Shakspeare,  2  Ily.  iv.,  Act  iv.  Sc.  1. :  — 

Were  our  loyal  fliiths  martyrs  in  love, 
We  shall  be  winnow'd  with  so  rough  a  wind, 
That  even  our  corn  shall  seem  as  light  as  chaff. 
And  good  from  bad  find  no  partition. 

■'  i-Xarrdr :  LXX  :  also  Prayer  Book  translation,  taking  the  verb  to 
be  IVV  The  Syriac  agrees  with  this;  the  English  Bible  takes  the  sense 
of  "IV ,  to  constrain  :  "  thou  hast  beset  me." 

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And  if  I  make  my  bed  in  hell,  behold  there  art  thou. 

I  will  take  the  wings  of  the  morning  ; 

I  will  dwell  in  the  "uttermost  parts  of  the  sea:  .  . . 

Even  there  thy  hand  shall  lead  me, 

And  there  shall  hold  me  thy  right  hand. 

And  if\  say,  Surely  darkness  shall  cover  me  : 

The  night  shall  be  li^ht  about  me. 

Yea,  the  darkness  is  not  darkness  with  thee  :  ^ 

And  the  night  as  the  day  shineth ; 

As  is  the  darkness,  so  is  the  light. 

For  thou,  even  thou  dost  possess  my  reins : 

Thou  didst  cover  me  in  the  womb  of  my  mother. 

I  will  give  thanks  to  thee,  for  fearfully  and  wonderfully  am 

Wonderful  *are  thy  works  :  [I  made  : 

And  my  soul  knoweth  it  well. 

My  '^  bones  were  not  hid  from  thee, 

When  I  was  made  in  secret. 

And  "^curiously  wrought  in  the  lower  ])arts  of  the  earth. 

Mine  imperfect  substance  thine  eyes  beheld  ;  ^  * 

And  in  thy  book  all  mi/  mcrnhcrs  were  written. 

Which  day  by  day  were  to  be  fashioned  : 

While  as  yet  *  there  was  not  one  of  them. 

But  to  me  how  precious  are  thy  thoughts,  O  God : 

How  great  is  the  sum  of  them  ! 

I  ''will  tell  them  : . . .  than  the  sand  they  are  more  in  number. 


•■*  Literally,  "  the  jJaoes  bcliiiul  the  sea  .•"■  tlie  f'urtliest  parts  of  tlie  earth : 
tlie  e.xtreme  west.  In  this  passage  we  have  lieaveii  and  earth,  east  and 
west. 

''  So  iEsohylus,  in  liis  Suppliees.  Travra  rui  fXfyiOii  k-iiv  ak-o-tp:  "Even 
in  thick  darkness  all  is  light  with  thee."  For  such  T  apprehend  to 
be  the  meaning  of  that  very  obscuie,  but  surely  very  religious  pas- 
sage. 

•^  Heb.  were  not  hid  my  bones  from  thee. 

''  Ileb.  as  with  cnd)roidery.  '    Ileb.  lielu-ld  thine  eyes. 

'  Ileb.  and  there  was  not  om^  (il'tlicm. 

•^  The  same  root  in  the  Hebrew  as  "  book,"  a  few  lines  i)reeed- 
ing:  -ISD. 


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ITT. 
I  "have  waked  up:   and  I  am  still  with  thee. 
Wilt  thou  not  slay,  O  God,  the  ungodly  ? 
Therefore,  ^ye  men  of  Ijlood,  depart  from  mc : 
For  "they  ''speak  against  thee  unrighteously  : 
Thine  °  adversaries  *  take  thy  Name  in  vain. 
Do^  I  not  hate  them,  O  Lord,  that  hate  thee? 
And  with  those  that  rise  against  me  am  not  I  grieved? 
With  perfect  hatred  I  hate  them : 
As  enemies  are  they  to  mc. 
Search  me,  O  God,  and  know  my  heart ; 
Prove  mc,  and  know  my  *  imaginations : 
And  sec  if  there  be  the  way  of  ^  wickedness  in  me : 
And  lead  me  in  the  way  everlasting. 


°  Hitherto,  the  Psahnist  has  given  us  his  meditations.  The  active 
duties  of  the  day  follow,  in  the  midst  of  which,  even  when  exercised  in 
God's  service,  there  is  the  greatest  need  of  self-examination. 

''  Heb.  and.  *=  Heb.  who. 

''  Or  "  rebel ; "  or  "  murmur." 

"  Heb.  they  take  in  vain  their  adversaries:  a  play  upon  words  :  XIU'J, 
J^IC?.  This  is  a  disputed  passage.  The  LXX  translates  "jnj?  by  raf 
TToXtif  (Toi',  reading  "jH"'!?.     If  ''')]}  means  "enemies,"'  this  is  a  Chaldaisni 

for  inv. 

'   Ileb.  do  not  I  thine  haters,  0  Lord,  liate? 
s  Ileb.  sorrow  or  pain  :  3Vy- 


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294  TIIIO    IJOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [Part  V. 


PSALM  CXL. 

To  tlie  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm  of  David. 

I. 

Deliver  me,  O  Lord,  from  the  "^man  of  evil : 

From  the  man  of  violence  preserve  me  : 

Who  *  purpose  *evil  things  in  their  heart: 

All  day  they  stir  up  wars. 

They  have  sharpened  their  tongue  like  a  serpent : 

The  poison  of  asps  is  under  their  lips. 

SELAH. 

II. 

Keep  me,  O  Lord,  from  the  hands  of  the  ungodly  : 

From  the  man  of  violence  pi'cserve  me  : 

Who  purpose  to  overthrow  my  goings. 

The  **  proud  have  *  privily  laid  a  snare  for  me,  and  cords: 

They  have  s^iread  a  net  by  the  way-side  : 

Traps  have  they  set  for  me. 

SELAII. 

III. 
I  said  unto  the  Lord,  My  God  art  Thou : 
Hear,  O  Lord,  the  voice  of  my  supi)lication, 
O  Lord,  my  *Lord,  the  strength  of  my  salvation, 
Thou  hast  been  a  covering  to  my  head  in  the  day  of  battle. 
Grant  not,  O  Lord,  the  desires  of  the  ungodly  :         [selves. 
Their  wicked  imaginations  further  not,  lest  tlwy  exalt  them- 

SELAH. 


"  The  word  "  man,"  in   fliese   two  lines   is  expressed  in  the  first  by 
mN  (homo),  in  the  second  1>}'  t^"K  (vir). 
''  Ileb.  have  jji-ivily  hiid  the  proud. 


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IV. 

As  for  the  he:ul  of  tliose  that  ('.oinj)ji.srf  me, 

Let  the  mischief  of  their  own  li]).s  cover  them. 

Let  "burning  couls  *conic  down  upon  them  : 

Into  the  fire  he  shall  *make  them  fall:  into  deep  pits: 

They  shall  not  rise. 

The  man  of  ^  words  shall  not  be  established  in  the  earth : 

The  man  of  violence  ....  evil  shall  "^hunt  him,  to  *  overwhelm 

him. 
I  know  that  the  '^Loiiu  will  ''maintain  tlie  cause  of  the  })Oor, 
The  *judgment  of  the  *  needy. 

fSurely  the  righteous  shall  give  thanks  to  thy  Name  : 
The  upright  '^  shall  continue  in  thy  Presence. 

"  Heb.  let  there  i'all  upon  tlieiu  burning  coals. 

''  Ileb.  ol"  tongue:  i.e.  "the  man  of  evil  and  the  ungodly  (vide  supra): 
i^^a  is  the  word  in  both  these  lines. 
•^  Ileb.  shall  lay  wait  for  him. 
''  Heb.  will  maintain  the  Lord. 
«  Heb.  will  do. 
^  Ileb.  shall  continue  the  upright. 


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PSALM  CXLI. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

O  Lord,  I  ciy  to  thee : 

Haste  tlice  to  me  : 

Give  ear  to  my  voice,  irJieri  I  cry  to  tliee. 

Let  "^my  prayer  be  set  forth  as  incense  before  thee  : 

Let  the  lifting  up  of  my  hands  be  the  sacrifice  of  the  evening, 

Set,  O  Lord,  a  watch  before  my  mouth  : 

Keep  thou  the  door  of  my  lips. 

Let  ''not   my  heart  be  inclined  to  any  thing  evil,    [iniquity  ; 

So  as  to  *  work  Avorks  of  ungodliness  with  the  men  who  do 

And  let  me  not  eat  of  their  dainties. 

Let  ®  the  riglitcous  smite  me  in  mercy : 

Yea,  "^  let  their  reproof  be  to  me  as  oil  that  is  ®  precious  : 

It  sliall  not  break  my  head  : 

But  'still  my  prayer  shall  be  against  their  wickednesses. f^ 

Their  ^'judges  were  *  dismissed  by  the  *  sides  of  the  stony  rock; 
And  they  all  heard  my  words,  for  they  are  pleasant. 

*  Ileb.  let  be  set  forth  my  prayer. 

''  Heb.  let  not  be  inclined  my  heart. 

'^  Heb.  let  smite  tlie  riifhteous. 

''  Ileb.  and  they  sliall  reprove  me. 

'  A  play  on  words:  C'Nl,  the  same  word  as  that  which  means  "head, 
in  the  following  line  :  vide  Exod.  x.\.\.  '23.,  Cant.  iv.  14.  The  LXX  and 
the  Syriac  liere  road  yL""l. 

f  Ileb.  for. 

s  "  In  their  calamities  :  "  Eng,  Bible. 

'■  This  is  translated  according  to  the  view  of  Bp.  Patrick,  Bp.  Home, 
Mr.  Parkhurst,  and  Dathe,  as  referring  to  the  event  in  David's  life,  re- 
corded in  1  Sam.  2(5.  The  imagery  and  alinsions  of  the  Psalm  are  in 
keeping  ;  viz.  the  oil  which  had  lately  anointed  him  ;  and  tlie  watch  before 


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As  he  that  cleaveth  and  hcwcth  trood  upon  tlie  earth, 

So  are  scattered  our  bones  at  the  mouth  of  *  hell. 

But  unto  thee,  O  Lord  my  Lord,  are  mine  eyes : 

In  thee  is  *my  refuge  :  leave  not  destitute  my  soul.        [me  : 

Preserve  me  from  the  '^ snare  wherenifh  they  are  entrapping 

And  from  the  traps  of  the  doers  of  iniquity. 

The  ^ungodly  shall  fall  into  their  ()\vi\  nets  together; 

As  for  me,  I  shall  ever  eseape. 

his  mouth,  &c.  sugj^ested  by  the  watching  at  the  mouth  of  the  cave, 
though  ultimately  referring  to  the  tabernacle  service.  This  Psalm  is 
closely  connected  with  that  which  follows. 

°  Heb.  from  the  hands  of  the  snare. 

''  Heb.  shall  fall  the  ungodly. 


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PSALM   CXLII. 

Mascliil  of  David.     When  he  was  in  the  cave.     A  Prayer. 

With  my  voice  unto  the  Lokd  I  cried : 

With  my  voice  unto  the  Lord  I  made  supplication. 

I  poured  out  before  him  my  complaint : 

My  trouble  before  him  I  *  declared. 

In  the  overwhelming  Avithin  me  of  my  spirit 

"■  It  was  thou  tchu  didst  know  my  path  : 

In  the  way  wherein  I  walked  they  privily  laid  a  snare  for  me. 

I''  looked  on  the  right  hand  and  saw, 

But  there  was  no  *^  man  that  would  know  me : 

Kefuge*^  failed  me : 

There  was  no  man  to  care''  for  my  soul. 

I  cried  luito  thee,  O  Lord  :  I  said, 

Thou  thyself  art  my^  hope, 

My  portion  in  the  land  of  the  living. 

Attend  unto  my  complaint :  ^ 

For  I  am  brought  low  *  exceedingly.  [Name  : 

Bring  out  of  prison  my  soul,  that  I  may  give  thanks  to  thy 

About  me  shall  be  compassed  tlie  righteous : 

For  thou  shalt  *  reward  mc. 

"  Hcb.  and  tliou. 

''  "L()ok,"aiul  "sec:"  nuirg.  Eny.  13ibl. :  which  reading  is  in  the  Hebrew 
text:  but  the  Syriac,  Septuagint,  and  botli  our  versions,  read  as  above. 
Tlie  Hebrew  reading,  however,  is  very  consistent  with  the  context  as  an 
address  to  God,  ami  resembles  the  passage  in  Lamentations  i.  12., 
"  Behold,  and  see." 

''  Heb.  there  was  no  man  for  mc  to  know. 

''  Heb.  failed  refuge  from  me. 

"  "  to  seek  : "  niarg.  Eng.  Bible. 

'  Heb.  refuge.  "  Hcb.  song. 


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PSALM   CXLIII. 

A  Psiiliu  of  David. 

I. 

0  LoKD,  hear  uiy  pniyer: 

Give  car  unto  my  supplications  in  thy  truth  rf 
Answer  nie,  in  thy  righteousness : 
And  enter  not  into  judgment  with  thy  servant, 
For*  no  man  living  shall  be  justified  iu  tliv  sight. 

For*^  the  enemy  hath  jjersecuted  my  soul: 
He  hath  smitten  to  the  earth  my  life; 
He  hath  made  me  to  dwell  in  darkness. 
As  those  that  have  been  dead  long  time. 
And°  my  spirit  in  me  is  overwhelmed: 
Within  mc'^  my  heart  is  desolate. 

1  remember  the  days  of  old  : 

I  meditate  on  all  thy  *  doings :  ® 
On  the  work  of  thy  hands  I  muse. 
I  stretch  forth  my  hands  unto  thee, 
And  my  soul,  as  a  land  of  thirst,  to  thee. 

SELAH. 

II. 
Hear*"  me  speedily,  O  Lord  ;  there  is  a  failing  of  my  spirit 
Hide  not  thy  face  from  me, 
For''  I  am  become  like  them  that  go  down  to  the  pit. 


•j"  In  the  second  anil  third  line  the  division  of  the  LXX  is  followed. 

■^  Heb.  for  there  shall  not  be  justified  in  thy  sight  any  man  living. 

^  Heb.  for  hath  persecuted  the  enemy  my  soid. 

°  Heb.  and  is  overwhelmed  in  me  my  spirit. 

''  Heb.  within  me  is  desolate  my  heart. 

^  Heb.  thy  doing.  ''  Heb.  speedily  hear  me. 

s  Heb.  faileth  my  spirit.  *■  Heb.  and. 


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Make  mc  to  hear  in  the  morninpr  of  thy  *  mercy, 

For  in  thee  do  I  trust : 
iSIake  me  to  know  the  way  wherein  I  should  walk, 

For  unto  thee  do  I  lift  up  my  soul. 
Deliver  me  from  mine  enemies,  O  Lord  : 

Unto"  thee  do  I  flee  to  hide  me. 
Teach  me  to  do  thy  *  pleasure  : 

For  thou  art  my  God. 

Let  thy  good^  Spirit  lead  me  into  the  land  of  uprightness. 

For  thy  Name's  sake,  O  Lord,  quicken  me : 

In  thy  righteousness  bring  out  of  trouble  my  soul : 

And  in  thy  mercy  slay  mine  enemies  ; 

And  make  all  those  *  perish  that  *  trouble  my  soul: 

For  I  am  thy  servant. 

a  "For"  is  read  by  two  of  Kenuicott's  MSS.,  by  the  LXX  (an  inser- 
tion of  later  times),  and  by  our  Prayer  Book,  and  is  in  place. 
•^  Heb.  thy  spirit  good. 


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PSALM  CXLIV. 

Of  David. 

Blessed  be  the  Lord  my  Rock, 

Who  teachcth  luy  hands  to  war, 

My  fingers  to  finht. 

My  *  "hope  and  my  fortress, 

My  high  tower,  and  my  dehverer. 

My  shield,  and  he  in  whom  I  trust: 

Who  subdueth  my  people  under  me. 

O  Lord,  what  is  man,  that  thou  takest  knowledge  of  him : 
The  son  of  man,  that  thou  makest  account  of  him  ? 
Man  to  a  thing  of  nought  is  like  : 
His  days  are  as  a  shadow  that  is  passing. 

O  Lord,  Ijow  thy  heavens,  and  come  down  : 
Touch  the  mountains,  and  they  shall  smoke. 
Lighten  *with  thy  lightning,  and  scatter  them  : 
Send  *  forth  thine  arrows,  and  destroy  them. 
Send  forth  thy  hand  from  *  on  liigh  : 

Rid  me,  and  deliver  me  from  the  great  waters,^ 

From  the  hand  of  the  children  of  the  stranger : 

Whose  mouth  speaketh  vanity  : 

And  their  right  hand  is  a  riglit  hand  of  falsehood. 

O  God,  a  song  that  is  new  I  will  sing  to  thee: 

On  a  lute  of  ten  strings  will  I  *make  a  psalm  to  thee  : 

•■■  The  conunon  reading  of  the  Hebrew,  llie  LXX,  and  the  Eng.  I}il)le, 
is  non  ,  "  niy  mercy."  Tlie  English  Tsalter  reads  ^n^DPI ,  "  my  refuge," 
rendered  tlicre  "  hope." 

''  Ileb.  waters  irrcat. 


802  THE  jiuuK  or  tsalms.  [Paut  v. 

AVho  hast  2;ivcn  salvation  to  Kind's  : 

Who  hast  *  rkl  David  thy  servant  from  the  sword  *  of"  evil. 

Kid  nic,  and  deliver  nic" 

From  the  hand  of  the  ehildivn  ol' the  stranger: 

"Whose  mouth  speaketli  vanity  : 

And  their  right  hand  is  a  right  hand  of  falsehood. 

That^'  our  sons  may  be  as  the  plants  grown''  u[)  in  their  ynuth: 
Our  daughters  as  corner  stones,  polished  after  the  similitude 

of  the  temple : 
Tliat  our  garners  may  be  full,  afibrdlng'^  stores  upon  store: 
That  our  sheep  may  be  thousands,  ten  thousands  in  our*  folds: 
That  our  oxen  may  be  strong  to  labour ; 
That  there  be  no''  decay,  no  leading  away  captive  : 
And  there  be  no  complaining  in  our  streets. 
Happy  the  people,  that  is  in  such  a  case  : 
Happy  the  people,  to  whom  the  Lokd  is  their  God. 

"  Here  4  of  Kcnnicott's  copies  repeat  "  from  tlie  great  waters." 

''  "  Whose  "  sons  :  according  to  the  LXX. 

'^  Ileb.  become  great.  ''  Heb.  from  store  to  store. 

"  Heb.  no  breaking  in,  nor  going  out :  Eng.  Bible. 


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PSALM  CXLV.t 

I.* 

K  I  will  *  exalt  tlicc,  my  God,  mj/  King, 

And  bless  thy  Name  lor  ever  and  cvei\ 
n  Every  day  will  I  bless  thee. 

And  praise  thy  Name  for  ever  and  ever, 
a  Great  is  the  Loud,  and  to  be  praised  *  highly. 

And  of  his  greatness  there  is  no  end, 

II. 

1  Generation  to  generation  shall  *  proclaim  thy  works. 

And  thy  mighty  acts  shall  declare, 
n  Of  the  majesty  of  the  glory  of  thine  honour, 

And  of  the  words  of  thy  wonders  I  will  talk."^ 
1   And  of  the  might  of  thy  terrors  men  shall  speak  : 

And  thy  greatness,  I  will  declare  it. 

III. 
T   The   memorial   of  thine   abundant    goodness    they   shall 
And  of  thy  righteousness  they  shall  sing.  [utter  : 

n  Gracious  and  *full  of  loving  kindness  is  the  Lokd  : 

Slow  to  anger,  and  great  in  mercy. 
ta  Good  is  the  Lord  to  all : 

And  his  *  loving  kindness  is  over  all  his  works. 

IV. 

^   They  shall  *give  thanks  to  thee,  O  Lord,  all  thy  works: 
And  thy  saints  shall  bless  thee. 


t  Tlie  construction  is  very  regular.  The  first  stanza  is  a  proldguc. 
Then  from  the  "id  to  the  Sth,  there  is  an  alternate  commenuiration  of 
( J  oil's  greatness  and  goodness.     The  6th  celebrates  his  special  grace. 

■'  llcl).  triuni|)li,  or  boast. 


304  THE    IJOOK    OF    rSALMS.  [Part  V. 

D  Of  thy  glory  of  thy  kingdt)m  they  sliall  *tell ; 

And  of  thy  mighty  acts  they  shall  *  speak  : 
h  To  make  known  to  tlie  sons  of  men  his  mighty  acts, 

And  the  glory  of  the  majesty  of  his  kingdom. 
72  Thy  kingdom  is  a  kingdom  of  all  ages  :  [rations.* 

And   thy  dominion   is   throughout   generations  of  gene- 

V. 

d''  An  *" upholder  is  the  LoRD  of  all  that  fall: 

And  a  raiser  up  of  all  that  are  bowed  down. 
P  The  eyes  of  all  on  thee  do  wait, 

And  thou  thyself  givest  them  their  meat  in  due  season. 
S  Thou  opencst  thine  hand, 

And  satisfiest  to  every  thing  living  his  desire. 
:i  Righteous  is  the  Lord  in  all  his  ways  : 

And  merciful  in  all  his  works. 

VI. 

p  Nigh  is  the  Loud  to  all  that  call  upon  hiu\ : 

To  all  who  call  on  him  in  truth. 
")  The  desire  of  him  that  fear  him  he  will  ])crform: 

And  their  cry  he  will  hear,  and  save  them. 
"O;  The*^  Lord  keepeth  all  that  love  him : 

And  all  the  ungodly  he  will  destroy, 
n  The  praise  of  the  Lord  my  mouth  shall  speak  :*^ 

And^  all  flesh  shall  bless  the  Name  of  his  holiness  for 
ever  and  ever. 


"  Ileb.  to  generation  anil  generation. 

''  The  letter  j  begins  no  distich  in  the  received  Hebrew  text,  nor  in 
cither  of  our  versions  :  but  in  tlic  Septuagint  occurs  the  following  :  lltn-bi; 
KiYJioi;  t'l'  ~arri  roTc  Xoyoii;  avror,  K(t'i  iiffior  h'  naiTi  toIij  ^pydir  (ivruv.  The 
Syriac  reads  the  same,  and  one  copy  of  Kennicott  (142),which  begins  with 
)D3  :  tliis  supplies  the  vacancy,  and  is  consistent  with  the  structm-e  of  the 
I'salni,  thus  forming  a  burthen  corresponding  to  Teth  and  Tzaddi,  and 
concluding  in  each  instance  a  moral  division  of  the  Psalm. 

^  lleb.  upholdeth  the  Lord,  and  raiseth  up. 

''  Ileb.  keepeth  the  Lord.  '^  Ileb.  shall  speak  my  mouth. 

''  lleb.  and  shall  bless  all  llesli. 


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PSALM  CXLVI. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord. 
Praise,  O  my  soul,  the  Lord  : 
I  will  praise  the  Lord,  while  I  live:* 
I  will  make  a  psalui  to  my  God,  while  I  have  being. 

O  trust  not  in  princes. 

In  the  son  of  man,  in  whom  there  is  no  salvation.  *■ 

His''  breath  goeth  forth, 

He  returneth  to  his  earth ; 

In*'  that  clay  do  perish  his  thoughts. 

Happy  is  he  who  hath  the  God  of  Jacob  for  his  help : 

Whose  hope  is  in  the  Lord  his  God : 

Who  made  heaven  and  earth, 

The  sea,  and  all  that  is  in  them : 

Who  keepeth  truth  for  ever. 

Who  doeth  judgment  for  the  oppressed : 

Who  giveth  bread  to  the  hungry. 

The  Lord  looseth  the  prisoners : 

The  Lord  openeth  the  eyes  of  the  blind : 

The  Lord  i-aiseth  those  that  are  bowed  down  : 

The  Lord  loveth  the  righteous  : 

The  Lord  *  keepeth  the  strangers  : 

The  fatherless  and  widow  he  defendeth:** 

But  the  way  of  the  ungodly  he  *overturneth.® 

*  Heb.  in  my  life  ...  in  my  being. 

''  Heb.  goeth  forth  his  breath.  "  Heb.  in  day  that. 

*•  Heb.  preserveth. 

•  A   play  upon   words  :    nniy* ,   "  he   defendeth ;  "    nil?* »   "  ^^  over- 
turneth." 

X 


306  THE    r.OOK    OF    rSALMS.  [Part  V. 

The'  Lord  shall  be  King  for  cvonnore, 
Even  thy  God,  O  Sion, 
From''  generation  to  generation. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

•  Heb.  shall  bo  King  the  Lord. 

•"  Heb.  to  generation  and  gonei-ation. 


Paht  v.]  TTIK    rook    of    PSALMS.  307 


PSALM  CXLVII. 


Pmise  ye  the  Lord, 
For  it  is  good  to  *  make  a  psalm  to  our  God : 
For  it  is  pleasant :  comely  is  praise. 
The''  Lord  doth  build  up  Jerusalem: 
The  outcasts  of  Israel  he  gathereth. 
Who  healeth  the  broken  in  heart. 
And  bindeth  up  their  wounds. 

Who  telleth  the  number  of  the  stars : 
All  of  them  by  their  names  he  calleth. 
Great  is  the  Lokd,  and*  manifold  is  his  power: 
Of  his  understanding  there  is  no  *end.^ 
The*^  Lord  setteth  up  the  meek: 
Bringing  down  the  ungodly  to  the  ground. 

II. 
O  *  sing  unto  the  Lord  with  thanksgiving : 
Make*  a  psalm  to  our  God  on  the  harp. 
Who  covereth  the  heaven  with  clouds, 
Who  prepareth  for  the  earth  rain. 
Who  maketh  to  grow  upon  the  mountains  grass : 
Giving  to  the  cattle  their  food. 
To  the  sons  of  the  raven  that  cry. 
He  hath  not  in  the  strength  of  a  horse  any  pleasure 
He  hath  not  in  the  legs  of  a  man  delight. 
The  ®  delight  of  the  Lord  is  in  them  that  fear  him. 
In  them  that  put  their  trust  in  his  mercy. 


Heb.  doth  build  up  the  Lord. 
"  no  number  :  "  raarg.  Eng.  Bibl. 
Heb.  setteth  up  the  meek  the  Lokd. 
13y ,  "  sing  antiphonally." 
Heb.  delighteth  the  Lord. 
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III. 

Rejoice,*  O  Jerusalem,  in  the  Lord  : 
Praise  thy  God,  O  Sion. 

For  he  hath  strengthened  the  bars  of  thy  gates : 
He  hath  blessed  thy  children  within  thee : 
lie  niakcth  in  thy  border  peace  : 
With  the  flour  of  wheat  he  filleth  thee. 

He  sendeth  forth  his^  commandment  upon  earth: 

Very  swiftly  runneth  his  word. 

Who  giveth  snow  like  wool : 

The  hoar-frost  like  ashes  he  scattereth ; 

Casting  forth  his  ice  like  morsels : 

Before  his  cold  w^ho  shall  stand? 

He  sendeth  forth  his  w  ord,  and  meltcth  them : 

He  bloweth  with  his  wind^;  the  waters  flow. 
He  sheweth  his  word  to  Jacob : 
His  statutes  and  his  judgments  to  Israel. 
He  hath  not  *done  so  to  all  the*  heathen: 
And  his  judgments,  they  have  not  know^n  them. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

'  Heb.  his  word,  ''  Heb.  flow  the  waters. 


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PSALM   CXLVIII. 

I. 

Praise  yc  the  LoiiD. 

Praise  the  Lord  from  the  heavens ; 

Praise  him  in  the  lieights. 

Praise  him,  all  his  angels : 

Praise  him,  all  his  host. 

Praise  him,  Sun  and  IMoon  : 

Praise  him,  all  stars  of  light. 

Praise  him,  heaven  of  heavens. 

And  waters  above  the  heavens. 

Let  them  praise  the  Name  of  the  LoED : 

For  He  commanded,  and  they  were  created. 

And  he  hath*  made  them  to  stand  for  ever  and  ever: 

A*  statute  he  hath  given:  and  it  shall  not  pass  away. 

II. 
Praise  the  Lord  from  the  eai'th. 
Dragons,  and  all  deeps : 
Fire  and  hail,  snow  and  vapour, 
Wind  of  storm,  fulfilling  his  word : 
lyiountains,  and  all  hills. 
Trees  of  fruit,  and  all  cedars : 
Beasts,  and  all  cattle. 
Creeping  things,  and  fowl  of  wing : 
Kings  of  the  earth,  and  all  pcojile : 
Princes,  and  all  judges  of  the  earth: 
Young  men,  and  maidens  also,* 
Old  men,  together  with  children: 

Let  them  praise  the  Name  of  the  Lord, 

■  Heb.  also  maiilens. 
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^^^  THE    BOOK    OF    PSALMS.  [p^^^  y. 

For  high  is  his  Name  alone : 

His  worslnp  is  above  earth  and  heaven. 

And  lie  shall  exalt  the  horn  of  his  people, 

J-hc  praise  of  all  his  saints. 

Of  the  children  of  Israel, 

Of  a  people  near  unto  him. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord. 


Part  V.]  THE    BOOK   OF    PSALMS.  3J1 


PSALM  CXLIX. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord. 
O  aing  unto  the  Lord  a  song  that  is  new, 
His  praise  in  the  congregation  of  the  saints. 
Let"  Israel*  be  ghid  in  his  Maker: 
Let  the  children  of  Sion  rejoice  in  theii"  King. 
Let  them  praise  his  Name  with  the  pipe : 
With  timbrel  and  harp  let  them  *make  a  psahn  to  him. 

For''  the  Lord  hath  pleasure  in  his  people ; 

He  Avill  beautify  the  meek  with  salvation. 

Lef^  the  saints  be  joyful  with  glory: 

Let  them  sing  for  joy  in  their  beds. 

Let  the*  exaltation  of  God  be  in  their  mouth,'' 

And  a  sword  of  two  edges  in  their  hand : 

To  execute  vengeance  upon  the  heathen, 

Rebukes  upon  the*  nations: 

To  bind  their  kings  with  chains, 

And  their  nobles  with  fetters  of  iron ;  f 

To  execute  upon  them  the  judgment  that  is  written. 

This  honour  ^  have  all  his  saints. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

•  Heb.  be  glad,  Israel.  ^  Heb.  hath  pleasure  the  Lobd. 

'  Heb.  be  joyful  the  saints.  **  Heb.  their  throat. 

"  Heb.  honour  this  is  to  all  his  saints. 

t  Compare  the  second  Psalm :  this  seems  to  be  the  fulfilment  of  the 
prophecy  there  announced. 


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PSALM  CL. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord. 
Praise  God  in  his  holiness  : 
Praise  him  in  the  firmament  of  his  power. 
Praise  him  in  his  mighty  acts  : 
Praise  him  in  the*  multitude  of  his  greatness 

Praise  him  with  sound  of  trumpet : 
Praise  him  with  lute  and  harp. 
Praise  him  with  timbrel  and  pipe  : 
Praise  him  with  strings  and  organ. 
Praise  him  with  cymbals  that  are  loud : 
Praise  him  with  cymbals  of  high  sound. 

Let  every  thing  that  hath  breath  praise  the  Lord. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

•  D*JD ,  an  aiTa\  Xiyontvov.  Of  many  strings,  or  notes;  from  njD ,  "  to 
number:"  xop^aT?:  LXX.  This  possibly  bears  upon  the  names  "She- 
minith,"  &c. 


APPENDIX. 


Habakkuk  hi. 

A  Prayer  of  Habakkuk  *tlic  Prophet,  upon  Shigionoth. 

0  ^  Loud,  I  have  heard  thy  speech  :  '^ 

1  "^am  afraid,  O  Lord,  of  thy  work  : 

At  the  "drawing  near  of  the  years  do  thou  ^revive  it ; 

At  the  drawing  near  of  the  years  thou  wilt  make  it  ^  known : 

In  '^  wrath,  mercy  thou  wilt  remember. 

God  from  Teman  shall  come  :  ^ 

And  the  Holy  One  from  mount  Paran. 

SELAII. 

His  J  glory  covered  the  heavens. 
And  of  his  praise  the  ''  earth  was  full : 
And  the  brightness  was  even  as  the  light : ' 

*  These  last  words,  "  the  Prophet,  upon  Shigionoth,"  are  omitted  In  the 
LXX. 

•^  The  division  of  these  two  lines  is  Archhp.  Newcome's,  which  preserves 
the  parallelism  better  than  our  authorized  version. 

"  "|yOt^' )  "  thy  rumour  :  "  niarg.  Eng.  Bibl.  The  same  construction  is 
in  2d  Kings  xix.  7.  (nyiDti'  V^^"^)-     Also  Deut.  iii.  25. 

''  The  verb  ^nX"!"'  is  here  taken  transitively. 

"  "The  midst:"  Eng.  Bibl.  The  word  mp  is  used  in  the  sense  of 
the  text  in  most  places,  especially  in  Joel  ii.  1.:  iv  t<[)  lyyi'Ctiv  to.  iti)-. 
LXX. 

'  The  English  Bible  omits  "  it :"  the  LXX  read  □'•Tl,  or  nvn  (vide 
note  at  the  end).  Bishop  Newcome  renders  it  "thou  hast  shewn  it," 
reading  n^n  ,  which  is  conjectural. 

6  One  MS.  reads  lynin. 

*  }313  :  a  characteristic  word  in  this  Prayer :  (vide  v.  7  &  v.  1 6  twice.) 
'  "  came  :  "  Eng.  Bible.     The  verb  is  future  :  so  the  LXX  :  i)ln. 

J  Heb.  covered  the  heavens  his  glory, 

*  Heb.  was  full  the  earth. 

'  Heb.  as  the  light  was :   n*nn  is  emphatic  :  here  explained  by  "  even." 


;>  1  i  APPENDIX. 

lie  "had  bright  ''l)eains  out  of  his  liand  : 

And  there  was  the  hiding  of  [wwer.*" 

Before  him  went  the  Pestilence,** 

And  Inirning  coals  went  forth  at  his  feet. 

He  stood,  and  measured  the  earth : 

He  beheld,  and  drove  asunder  the  nations : 

And  they  were  "^  burst  open,  the  eternal  mountains  ;'^ 

They  did  bow,  the  everlasting  hills :  ^ 

His  ways  arc  everlasting.'* 

Under  aflfliction  I  saw  the  tents  of  Cushan  : 
They  'shall  tremble,  the  curtains  of  the  land  of  ^Slidian. 
Against  the  rivers  is  the  Lord  displeased  ? 
Is  ^  thine  anger  against  the  rivers  ? 
Is  Hhy  wrath  against  the  sea. 
That  thou  dost  ride  upon  thine  horses. 
Thy  chariots  of  salvation  ? 
Thy  "'bow  shall  be  made  quite  naked. 
Because  of  the  oaths  unto  the  tribes,  even  thy  word. 
SELAH. 

With  "  rivers  thou  shalt  cleave  the  earth ; 
They  saw  thee,  they  trembled,  the  mountains : 

»  Ileb.  bright  beams  out  of  his  hand  to  him. 

"  So  marg.  Eng.  Bible,  the  text  having  "  horns." 

•=  Or,  "  the  hiding,"  or  "  secret  phicc." 

^  Xo'yoc :  LXX,  -im  having  an  equivocal  meaning.  In  the  passage 
which  might  be  supposed  parallel,  Ps.  Ixviii.  11.,  the  word  is  not  lan, 
but  ION- 

*  "  scattered  : "  Eng.  Bible  :  aeOpviSt]  :  LXX. 

'  Ileb.  mountains  eternal. 

B  Ileb.  hills  everlasting  :  "perpetual:"  Eng.  Bible. 

"  Ileb.  the  ways  ai'e  everlasting  to  him. 

'  »  Did  tremble  : "  Eng.  Bible. 

''  "  Was "  in  this  and  next  line :  Eng.  Bible.  Ileb.  was  against  the 
rivers  thine  anger. 

'   Heb.  was  against  the  sea  thy  wrath. 

■"  Heb.  naked  shall  be  made  naked  thy  bow. 

"  An  instance  of  the  nominative  absolute.  See  Bi>L(»p  IJurtley's 
Preface  to  Ilosca. 


APPENDIX.  3 1 5 

The  overflowing  of  the  waters  passed  by : 
The  "deep  uttered  his  voice ; 
On  high  his  hands  he  lifted  up. 

The  Sun,  the  Moon  stood  still  in  its  habitation  : 

In  ''light  thine  arrows  shall  go  forth  ;•= 

In  brightness  the  glittering  of  thy  spear. 

In  indignation  thou  shalt  ''march  through  the  land  : 

In  anjicr  thou  shalt  thresh  the  heathen  : 

Thou  shalt  go  forth  for  the  salvation  of  thy  people, 

For  the  salvation  of  thine  Anointed.  ^ 

Thou  woundedst  the  head  out  of  the  house  of  the  wicked, 

Making  naked  the  ''foundation  unto  the  neck. 

SELAH. 

Thou  didst  strike  through  with  his   staves  the  heads  of  his 
They  came,  as  a  whirlwind,  to  scatter  me  :  [^villages  : 

Their  rejoicing  was  to  devour  the  poor  in  secret. 
Thou  didst  walk  through  the  sea  tvith  thine  horses : 
Through  the  '^heap  of  mighty  waters. 

I  heard,  and  my  belly  trembled :  * 
At  the  voice  my  lips  quivered  :  J 
Rottenness  ^  entered  into  my  bones. 
And  in  myself  I  trembled. 

•  Heb.  uttered  the  deep  his  voice. 

•>  Ileb.  to  light.  '  "went:"  Eng.  Bible. 

^  The  verbs  in  these  three  lines  are  in  the  past  tense  in  the  English 
Bible. 

«  "  With  thine  Anointed  :  "  Eng.  Bible. 

'  Cappellus,  Iloubigant,  and  Ai-chbp.  Newcome  read  "iiv,  "the  rock," 
which  is  more  consonant  to  the  pai-allel  passage,  Deut.  xxxii.  22.  :  HDID  , 
"  the  foundations  of  the  mountain." 

6  See  Bp.  Horsley's  note  (A)  on  the  song  of  Deborah  :  Bibl.  Crit. 
iv.  455.  Our  translators  read,  with  several  MSS.,  VT"1D ;  1T"I3  is  the 
received  text. 

^  The  LXX  reads  "•"lOH  mpdanovTiQ ;  l^f^  will  bear  tlic  same  sense, 
"  troubling." 

'  Ileb.  ti-embled  my  belly.  J  Ileb.  (juivcred  my  lips. 

''  Heb.  entered  rottenness. 


3  1  G  APPENDIX. 

Oh  "tliat  T  may  rest  in  the  day  of  trouble, 

JVlnti  he  eometli  unto  the  people,  irlicn  he  shall  invade  us. ^ 

Although  the  fig-tree  shall  not  blossom, 

And  there  be  no  fruit  in  the  vines : 

Thoiujh  the  labour  of  the  olive  fail, 

And  the  fields  yield  no  meat : 

Though  the  flock  from  the  fold  be  cut  off, 

And  there  be  no  herd  in  the  stalls : 

Yet  as  for  me,  in  the  Lord  will  1  rejoice: 

I  will  joy  in  the  God  of  my  salvation. 

The  ^LoKD  God  is  my  strength: 

And  he  will  make  my  feet  like  harts'  feet : 

And  on  my  high  places  he  will  make  me  to  walk. 

To  the  chief  INIusician  upon  my  stringed  instruments. 


'  I  have  ventured  to  give  this  interpretation  to  a  passage  confessedly 
obscure,  which,  as  Archbp.  Newcome  shews,  is  essentially  the  same  as  that 
given  by  Dr.  Wheeler,  The  Archbp.  renders  it  "  because  I  shall  be 
brought  to  the  day  of  trouble,"  taking  the  word  to  belong  to  the  root 
nn3 ,  "  to  lead,"  not  nj  ,  "  to  rest." 

"  So  the  Eng.  Bible,  reading  Dili''  instead  of  miJ'. 

*  Heb.  Jehovah  the  Lord. 


*#*  The  reading  of  the  first  verse  by  the  LXX  is  very  different  from 
ours,  or  that  of  the  Hebrew.  The  Hebrew  text  is  subjoined,  compared 
with  the  text  which  the  LXX  translators  may  be  supposed  to  have  had 
before  them :  the  LXX  version  itself  being  added  :  — 


Received  Text. 

"I'pyQ  nin^  ^HwXT 

in'^n  cd*:l''  mpn 

ynin  doc  aipn 

:-)i3rn  am  ma 


Supposed  Text. 

[ymn]  nrn  o^dl"  Dipn 

ynin  cdoc'  2-ipa 

[ymn.  Tyro  xua: 

["l'e:  tj-12] 


Kvpu,  (laaKtiKoa  ti/v  aicoijv  aov,  Kai  iipo^tiBriv. 
Kvpit,  * Karavotjtra"  rd  ipya  <roi',  *»i-a(  i^crriv". 
'Ev  iifuii)  ?viD  K<^wi'  yvu)(f0f]Tti, 


APPENDIX.  317 

'Ev  r<f  tyyit^iii'  tu  Iti],  iniyvujadiidij' 
['Ev  T(f  napiivai  rov  Kciipov,  avaotixOiloy-^ 
[^Ev  rip  TupaxOifvai  Tt)i'  ipvxi'iv  juok,] 
'Ei'  opyfj  tXtovr  iit'ijaOi'irT/j. 

It  is  probable  that  in  many  respects  the  text  in  possession  of  the 
LXX  was  correct:  for  the  following  reasons:  1.  The  parallelism  of 
the  lirst  two  lines  is  perfect,  and  very  Hebraic,  although  the  words 
marked  with  asterisks  are  obelized  by  Origen,  and  consecjuently  belong 
to.  no  known  text.  2.  The  repetition  of  the  word  T3")3 ,  in  "  wrath,"  or 
perturbation,  is  c^uite  in  the  spirit  of  those  ancient  scriptural  poems  of 
Moses  and  Deborah,  which  this  Prayer  so  remarkably  resembles.  They 
appear,  however,  to  have  been  incorrect  in  reading,  nVPI  DTlt^  for 
n**n  C3'3C :   and  the  translator  has  missed  the  meaning  by  this  mistake, 

glVnig    OUM    ^WUV   iv   TW    TTCiplllHlt,    &C.    lUStCad     of    tV     T(p     tyyi^tlU     Til     tTT)    Ti]q 

Km>J<:-  The  whole  line  in  brackets  Qv  r^  Traptivai,  &c.)  seems  to  be  a  mere 
marginal  gloss  on  the  preceding  line,  subsequently  through  error  inserted 
in  the  text.  The  words  iv  opyfj  ought  to  have  been  tv  rijj  TapaxOTii'di, 
as  the  parallelism  demands  :  but  the  original  is  evidently  the  same  as  that 
so  translated  in  the  preceding  line.  Subjoined  is  a  translation  of  the 
above  supposed  text,  corrected :  — 

O  Lord,  I  have  heard  thy  voice,  and  am  afraid  : 

O  Lord,  I  have  considered  thy  works,  and  am  confounded. 

At  the  drawing  near  of  the  years  of  life  thou  shalt  make  it  known, 

At  the  drawing  near  of  the  years  thou  shalt  make  it  known. 

In  the  terror  of  my  soul, 

In  (its)  terror  thou  shalt  remember  many. 

But  many  objections  are  obvious.  Among  them  the  interference  with 
the  regularity  of  the  metre  of  the  received  text,  which,  for  nineteen 
consecutive  lines,  has  but  three  words  in  each  line. 


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Agriculture  and  Ihiral  Affairs, 

Pages. 

naylilon  On  valuinc  Uonts,  &c.    -  4 

Crocker's  liand-Surxevint;       -        -  7 

Davy's  Asrirultural  (fliemistry       -  8 

Greenwood's  Tree-Lifter          -         -  H 

Johnson's  Farmer's  EneyelopoeUia  15 

Loudon's  Encvdop.  of  A^^ieultu^e  17 

"         Self^lnstruction       -        -  17 

"         Lady's  Country  Compan.  17 

Low*8  Klemen'u*  of  .\grieuUure       -  IH 

"       Catlle  Breeds          ...  18 

"      l)n  I,:m,led  Property     -        -  18 

"      On  the  Domesticated  Animals  IS 

Thomson  On  Fattening  Cattle        -  30 

Arts  uiid  Manufactures. 

Brande's  Dictionary  of  Science,  &c.  5 

Bucklers'  St.  Albau's  Abbey           -  3 

Budge's  Miner's  Guide    ...  6 

Cartoons  (Tlic  Prize)       ...  6 

Cresy's  Civil  Engineering       -        -  7 

De  Burtin  On  Pictures   ...  8 

Guilt's  Kncvrlop.  of  Architecture  11 

Il.avdon  On  Painting  and  Design  -  12 

Holland's  Manufactures  in  Metal  -  13 

Lerebours  On  Photo:;raphy    -        .  16 
Loudon's  ?:ncvcl.  of  Uural  Architect.  IM 

Moscley's  Engineering  &  Architect.  '^2 

Porter's  Manufacture  of  Silk  -       -  '24 

"           "         Porcelain  &  Glass  24 

Reid  (Dr.)  On  Ventilation      .        -  25 

Steam  Engine,  by  the  .Vrlisan  Club  4 

Cre's  Dictionary  of  Arts,  A:c.           -  31 

Biography, 

Aikin's  Lifeof  Addis.m  -        -        -  3 

Bell's  Eminent  British  Poets         -  4 

Dover's  Life  of  the  King  of  Prussia  9 

Dunham's  Early  British  Writers   -  9 
'*           Lives  of  British  Dramatists  9 

Forster's  Statesmen       -        -        -  10 

•<         (Rcv.C.)LifcofBp.Jehb  10 
Gleig's  British  Military  Commanders  10 

Grant's  Memoir  &  C:orrespoudcncc  11 

James's  Life  of  the  Black  Prince  -  14 

"         Foreign  Statesmen    -         -  14 

Leslie's  Life  of  Constalile       -        -  16 

Life  of  a  Travelling  Physician        -  16 

Mackintosh's  Life  of  Sir  T.  More  -  19 

Maundcr's  Biograpliical  Treasury  -  20 
Mignet's  Antonio  Perei  and  Philip  IL21 

Moh.in  Lai's  Mohammed        .        .  21 

Koherts's  Duke  of  Monmouth        -  25 

Roscoe's  Lives  of  British  Lawyers.  26 

Russell's  Bedford  Corresnondence  4 

Shelley's  Literary  Men  of  Italy,  &c.  27 

**         Lives  of  French  Writers   .  27 

Southev's  Lives  of  the  Admirals   -  28 

"  ■      Life  of  Wesley        .        -  28 

Townsend's  Eminent  Judges         -  30 

Watertou's  Autobiography  &  Essays  32 

Biioks  of'  General  Utility 

Acton's  Cookery      ....  3 

Black's  Treatise  on  Brpiving      -     -  4 

"      Supplementon  Bavarian  Beer  4 

Collegian's  Guide  (The)          -        -  6 

Donovan's  Domestic  Economy       -  .S 

Hand-book  of  Taste        -        -        -  12 

Hints  on  Etiquette          -        -        -  12 

Hudson's  Parent's  Hand-book       -  14 

"        Executor's  Guide    -        -  14 

"      On  Making  Wills        -        -  14 

Loudon's  Self-ln-truction       -        .  17 

"         Lady's  Companion          -  17 

"         .\mateur  Gardener  17 

Maunder's  Treasury  of  Knowledge  20 

"          Biographical  Treasury  -  20 

"          Sciint. and  Lit. Treasury  20 

"         Treasury  of  History      .  "iO 

Parkes's  Domestic  l)uties       .        -  23 

Pycrolfs  ( Uev.  J .)  English  Reading  24 

Read,  1 S  Time  Tables    -        -         -  2i 

Riddl. -s  I.atin-Eng.  Dictionaries  2.5 

Robinson's  Artof  Curing  ,Pickling&c.'.;6 

Rovvtou'ii  Debater  -        -        -        -  'i6 


Pages. 

Short  Wliist '27 

Thomson  On  the  Sick  Room  -        -  30 

Thomson's  Interest  Tables    -        -  'Ml 

'Tomlins's  Law  Dictionary     -        -  30 

Walker's  Dictionaries,  by  Smart  -  31 

Webster's  Domestic  Economy        -  32 

B  ilany  and  Gardening. 

Abercrombic's  Practical  Gardener  3 

"      and  Main'sGardcner'sComp.  3 

C.lllcott'8  Scripture  Herbal     .        -  6 

Conversations  on  Botany         -        -  7 

Drummond's  First  Steps  to  Botany  9 

GlcndinningOn  IhePme  Apple  10 

Greenwood's  (Col.)  Tree-Lifter      -  11 

Henslow's  Botany  ....  12 

lloarc  On  Cultivation  of  the  Vine  -  12 

"     On  the  Roots  of  Vines          -  12 

Hooker's  British  Flora    -        -        -  1.1 

"        Muscologia  Britannica    -  13 

Jackson's  Pictorial  Flora       -        .14 

Lindley's  Theory  of  Horticulture   .  17 

"         Orchard*  Kitchen  Garden  17 

"         Introduction  to  Botany  -  16 

"         Flora  .Medica  -        -        -  16 

"         Synopsis  of  British  Flora  17 

Loudon's  Hoitus  Britannicus         -  18 

**  **     Lignosis  Londinensis  18 

**          Amateur  Gardener         -  17 

"          Self-Instruction      -        -  17 

■'          Trees  and  Shrubs  -        -  17 

"          Gardening      -        -        -  17 

"         Plants     -       -        -        -  17 

'*          Suburban  Gardener       -  18 

Repton's  Landscape  Gardening     -  25 

Rivers's  Rose  Amateur's  Guide      -  25 

Rogers's  Vegetable  Cultivator       -  26 

Schleiden's  Scientific  Botany         -  26 

Smith's  Introductitm  to  Botany     -  27 

"       English  Flora   ...  27 

"       Compendium  of  Eng.  Flora  27 

Chronology. 

Blair's  ChronoloKical  Tables          -  4 

Nieolas'sChronology  of  History    -  22 

Ri.idle's  Ecclesiastical  Chronology  25 

Tate's  Horatius  Rcstitutus     .        -  29 

Commerces^  Mercantile  Affairs. 

Bavlis*  Arithmetic  of  Annuities  -  4 
Gilbart  On  Banking  .  -  -  10 
Lorimer'sLetterstoa  MasterMariner  17 
M'C'uUoch's  Uict.ofComm.&  \avig.  19 
Reader's  Time  Tables  -  -  -  23 
Steel's  Shipmaster's  Assistant  -  28 
Tate's  N.ival  Bookkeeping  -  -  29 
Thomson's  Interest  Tables  -  -  30 
Walford's  Customs'  Laws       .        .31 

Geography  and  Aliases. 

Geography        .        .        -      6 
Atlas  of  Modern  Geography    (i 
"        Ancient  do.  -        -      6 
"  "        General  do.  -        ■       6 

Cooley's  World  Surveyed  .  .  7 
De  Strzelecki's  New  South  Wales  -  8 
Forster's  Hist.  Geography  of  Arabia  10 
Hall's  Large  General  Atlas  .  -  H 
M'Culloch's  Geographical  Dictionary  19 
Murray's  Encvciop.  of  Geography-  22 
Ordnance  Maps,  &c.  -  -  -  23 
Parrot's  .\scent  of  Mount  Ararat         7 

Histiiry  and  Criticism. 

Acts  of  Parlhament  of  Scotl.ind      .      3 


Pages. 
Cooley's  History  of  Discovery  -  7 
Crowe's  Historv  of  France  -  .  7 
Dahlmann's  Enelish  Revolution  .  7 
De  Sismondi's  Fall  of  Roman  Empire  8 


It-ilian  Republii 


Ada 


I  Mi: 


ito  Vi 


Constintinople  3 

I  Addison's  Hist  of  Kniahts  Templars  3 

I        "     Historv  of  the  Temple  Church  3 

.  Bell's  History  of  Russia         -        -  4 

I  Kl.air's  Chron.  and  I  lister.  Tables  -  4 

Bloomfield's  Edition  of  Thucydides  5 

I            "           Traudlatiouofdo.     .  5 


Dunham's  Spain  and  Portugal 

"            Middle  Ages           -        -  » 

"           German  Empire    -        -  9 

"           Denmark,  Sweden,  &c.  9 

Poland           ...  9 

Dunlop's  History  of  Fiction    .        -  9 

Ecclcston's  English  Antiquities    -  9 

Fergus's  United  States   -        -        -  10 

Grant's  Memoir  &  Correspondence  11 

G  rattan's  Netherlands    -        .        -  11 

Grimblot's  Wm.  IH.  &  Louis  XIV.  U 

Guicciardini's  Historical  Maxims-  11 

Halsted's  Lifeof  Richard  III.        -  13 

Huvdon  On  Painting  and  Design  .  12 

Historical  Pictt.  of  the  Middle  Ages  12 

Horslej's  fBp.)  Biblical  Criticism-  13 

Jeffrey's  (Lord)  Contributions        -  14 

Keightley's  Outlines  of  History     -  15 

Laing's  Kings  of  Norway       -        -  15 

Lcmpriere's  Classical  Dictionary  -  10 

Macaulay's  Crit.  and  Hist.  Essays  18 

Mackinnon's  History  of  Civilisation  19 

Mackintosh's  Miscellaneous  Works  19 

"            Historv  of  Engbind  -  19 

M'Culloch'sGeograpfiicul  Dictionary  19 

Maunder's  Treasury  of  History       -  20 
Mignet's  Antonio  Perez  and  Philip  11.21 

Milner's  Church  History        -        -  21 

Moore's  History  of  Ireland     -        -  22 

Mosheim's    Ecclesiastical  History  23 

Muller's  Mythology        -         -         -  23 

Nicolas's  Chronology  of  History     -  22 

Ranke's  Historv  of  the  Reformation  25 

Roberts's  Duke  of  Monmouth        -  25 

Rome,  History  of  -        -        -        -  26 

Russell's  Bedford  Correspondence  4 

Scott's  History  of  Scotland     -  26 

Sinnett's  Bvways  of  History  -        -  27 

Stebbing's  'History  of  the  Church  -  28 

"          History  of  Reformation  38 

"            Church  History     ■        -  28 

Switzerland,  History  of  -        -        -  29 

Sydney  Smith's  Works  -        -        -  28 

ThirlwaB's  Historv  of  Greece         -  30 

Tooke's  Historv  of  Prices        -        -  .30 

Turner's  History  of  England          -  31 

Tytler's  General'  History         -        -  31 

Zumpt's  Latin  Grammar        -        -  32 

Juvenile  Banks. 

Amy  Herbert  -----  8 

Boy's  own  Book  (The)    -        -        .  5 

Gertrude          -         -         -         -        -  10 

Hawes's  Tales  of  the  Indians          -  12 

Hewitt's  (Wm.jBoy'sCountry  Book  14 

Laneton  Parsonage                 -        -  15 
Marcet's  Conversations  — 

(Jn  the  History  of  England       -  20 

On  Chemistry           .        -        .  19 
On  Natural  Philosophy    .        .19 

On  Political  Economy      -        -  19 

On  Vegetable  Physiology         -  20 

On  Land  and  Water          -        -  20 

On  Language   -        -        -        -  'Hi 

Marryat's  Masterman  Ready  -        -  20 


Mi! 

**         Settlers  in  Canada 
"  Privateers-man 

Pycrofl's(Rev.  J.)  English  Reading 

Medicine. 

Bull's  Hints  to  .Mothers  - 

**      .Management  of  Children 
Copland's  Dictionary  of  Medicine  - 
Elliotson's  Human  Physiology 
Esd.-iile's  Mesmerism  in  India 
Holland's  Medical  Notes 
Lane  On  the  Water  Cure 
Pcreira  On  Food  and  Diet 
Recce's  Medical  Guide    - 
Sandby  On  Mesmerism 
Thomson  On  Food  .        -        - 

B 


Miscellaneous.      rages. 

Bray's  Pliilosophv  of  Necessity  -  6 
Cartoons  (The  Pfize)  ...  6 
Clavers's  Forest  Life  .  -  -  6 
Cocks's  Bonleaux,  its  Wines,&c.  -  0 
ColleRian's  Guide  (The)  .        .      C 

Coltun's  I.nii.n  ...  -  7 
De  Hurt  in  on  Pictures  -  -  -  8 
De  Morgan  On  Probabilities  -      8 

De  Strieleckis  New  South  Wales  -      8 
Uunlop's  History  of  Fiction  -        .      9 
Good's  Book  of  Nature    -        -        -     In 
Graham's  English  -        -        -        -     11 
Grant's  I.cttcrs  from  the  Mountains  11 
.Guest's  Mabinogion        -        -        -     11 
Hand-book  of 'Taste        -        -        -     Vi 
Hobbes  (Thos.),  Works  of      .         .     Vi 
Hewitt's  Hural  Life  of  England      -     13 
"         VisitstoRemarkablePlaces  13 
"         Student-Life  of  Germany       13 
**  Social  Life  of  Germany    -     13 

"  Colonisation  &  Christianity  14 
Jeffrey's  (Lord)  Contributions  -  15 
King's  Argentine  Republic  -  .15 
Lane's  Life  at  the  Water-Cure  -  15 
Life  of  a  Travelling  Physician  -  16 
Loudon's  Ladv's  Country  Comp.  -  17 
Macn>ilav's  frit,  and  Hist.  Essays  18 
Markiiit.'i-bs  Mis.  ellaneous  Works  19 
M.iillanascliuri  bin  the  Catacombs  19 
Micbil.fs  The  People  .  .  -  21 
Moore  On  the  I  se  of  the  Boily  .  '« 
*'  "       Soul  and  Body  -    2'i 

Miillcr's  Mythology  -  .  -  22 
Necker  De  Saussurc  On  Education  '22 
PerryonGermanUniversityLducation'23 
Peter  Plymley's  Litters  -        .     24 

Pvcroft's  Course  of  Eng.  Reading  24 
Roget's  Chess-Board  .  -  -  20 
Rowton's  Debater  -        -        -26 

Sandbv  On  Mesmerism  -  -  -  2(1 
Sandford's  Church,  School,  &  Parish  2B 
Seaward's  Narrative  of  his  Shipwreck26 
Smith's  {Rev.  Sydney)  Works  .  28 
Southey's  Common  place  Book  -  28 
"  The  Doctor,  &c.  .  -  28 
Taylor's  Statesmnn  -  -  -  29 
Thomson  On  Food  -        .        -    30 

W.alker'8  Chess  Studies  -  -  -  31 
Welsford  on  the  English  I-dnguagc  32 
Willoughby'sf Lady)  Diary  -  -  32 
Zuinpt's  Latin  Urammar        -        -     32 

Natural  History, 

Callow's  Popular  Conchology         -       6 

Douhleday's  Bultt^rflics  and  Moths      8 

Drummond's  LetliTs  to  a  Naturalist   9 

Gray's  Molluscous  Animals    -  11 

"      and  Mitchell's  Ornithology  -     11 

Kirby  and  Spcnce's  Entomology    -     15 

Lee's  Taxidermy     -        .        -         .     IG 

"       Elements  of  Natural   History     16 

Nc"i  Us  7.,u,]ns\  of  tin-  Kng.  Poets    '22 

Stiphin--';,  Uriti'-h  f,,l,-..iitcTa  -     29 

Swamaon  On  Study  of  Natural  Hist.  29 

Animals-        -         -  29 

"  Taxidermy      -         -  29 

**  Quadrupeds     -        -  29 

"  Birds        -        -        -         -     29 

'*  Animals  in  Menageries  -    29 

"  Fish,  Amphibia,  &c.       -     29 

"  Insects    .        -        -        -     29 

"  Mal.icology      -         -        -     29 

"  Habits  and  Instincts      .     '29 

Turton'sSbdlsoftbcBritishlslands    31 

Waterton's  Essays  on  Natural  Hist.     .■J2 

Westwood's  Classification  of  Insects 32 

Zoology  of  HMSS.  Erebus  and  Terror  32 

Sovels  and  Works  of  Fiction. 

Bray's  (Mrs.)  Novels       -        -  -  5 

Durilop's  History  of  Fiction  -  9 

Fawn  of  Sertorius  ...  l(» 

Margaret  Russell    ....  2(1 

Murryat's  Mnsterman  Ready  .  .  20 

"          .Settlers  in  Canada  -  20 

"          Mission    -         .         -  .20 

"          Privateers-man       -  -  20 

Pericles,  a  Tale  of  Athens       -  '23 

Southey's  The  Doctor,  &c.      -  -  iH 

Willis's  (N.  P.)  Dashes  at  Life  .  32 

1  vol. Cyrlojii'diasS^  Dictionaries, 

Blaine's  Rural  Sports      ...      4 

Brande's  Science,  Lit/'rature^&  Art      6 

Cophmd's  Dictionary  of  Medicine  .      7 

C'rcHv's  Civil  Engineering  -      i 

GwilVs  Architecture       ...     II 

Johnson's  F.trmer'8  Encyclopedia-     15 

Loudon's  Agriculture      .        >        -     17 

"         Rural  Architecture         -     18 

"         Gardening        ...     17 

"  Plants      ....     17 

"         Trees  and  Shrubs    -         -     17 

M'Culloch's  Geographical  Diction.uy  19 

"  IJicliouarv  of  Commerce  19 

Murray's  Encyclop.  of  fieogr.iphy  -     22 

Ure's  Dictionary  of  .\rts,  Ac.  -         -     31 

Webster*  I'arU-s's  Dom.  Economy  32 


Poetry  and  the  Drama. 

Pages. 

Aikin's  (Dr.)  British  Poets     -  -  '27 

Ballads  of  the  East          ...  4 

Biirper's  Leonora    .         .        .  .  C 

Chalenor's  Walter  Gray          .  .  6 

"             Poetical  He'mains  .  6 

Collier's  Roxburghe  Ballads-  -  7 

CostcUo's  Persian  Rose  Garden  -  7 

Dante,  Translated  by  Wright  -  8 

Goldsmith's  Poems          .        -  -  10 

Gray's  Elegy,  illuminated      -  -  11 

Horace,  by  'tate      -        -        -  -  29 

Howitt's  nailiids      ...  -  13 

L.  E.  L.'s  Poetical  Works       .  -  16 

I.inwocid's  Antbologia  Oxoniensis.  17 

M...  iul,\  ~  I  .vs  of  Ancient  Rome  18 

Mm  k  :.  ■  I  i,jh-b  Lakes         -  -  19 

M.  i  iL^^ r..ctical  Works  -  21 

M ~  I'.^.t..  1,1  Works           -  -  21 

I.all.i  Hookh       -        -  -  21 

"        Irish  Melodies  -        -  -  21 

Moral  of  Flowers      -        -        -  -  22 

Poets'  Pleasaunce  -         .        -  -  24 

Pope's  \\'orks,  by  Roscoe       -  -  24 

Revlianl  tin    lox     .         .         -  -  2.') 

Shakspcarc,  bv  Bowdler           .  -  27 

Sheldon's  Minstrelsy       -        .  -  27 

Sophocles,  by  Linwood   .        -  -  28 

Southey's  Poetical  Works       -  28 

"          British  Poets  -       -  -  27 

'■          Oliver  Newman,  &c.  -  2K 

Spiritof  the  Woods          -        -  -  28 

'Tliomson's  Seasons         -        -  -  30 

Turner's  Richard  in.     .         -  -  31 

Watts's  Lyrics  of  the  Heart    -  -  32 

Political  Economy  S^  Statistics' 

Gilbart  on  Banking        .        -        -     10 

M'Culloch's  Geog.  Statist.  &c.  Diet.     19 

"  DirtioiKuy  of  Commerce  19 

"  Politi.  , I  f,  ,,,,.,,„■,         -     19 

"  StalL^li.       .1,1     1,1  it,iin    19 

"        Onl-iui I        II. .n     19 

Marcet'sConversn   I  111  :i,iii    l...in.    19 
Thornton  On  Overpniulatii.n  -    30 

Tooke's  History  of  Prices        -        -    30 
Tn  iss's  Oregon  Question  Examined  31 

Peligioiis  and  Moral  Worki, 

Amy  Herbert 3 

Bailey's  Essays  on  Pursuit  of  Truth  4 

IJloomficld's  Greek  Testament        -  6 

**            College  and  .School  do.  6 

"  Lexicon  to  do.     .        .5 

Burns's  Christian  Philosophy         .  6 

"              "          Fragments          -  6 

Callcott's  Scripture  Herbal     -       -  6 

Cooper's  Sermcms  ....  7 

Dale's  Domestic  Liturgy         -        -  8 

Dibdin's  Sunday  Library        .        .  8 

Doildriilgc's  Family  Exjiositor        .  8 

Englishman's  Greek  Concordance  9 

Englishman'sHeb.&Chald. Concord.  9 

Etheridge's  Syrian  Churches           .  9 

Fitzroy's  Scriptural  Conversations  10 

Forster's  Hist.  Geography  of  .\rabia  10 

"         Life  of  Bishop  Jebb         -  10 

From  Oxford  to  Rome    -        -        -  10 

Gertrude 10 

Hook's(Dr.)LecturesonPassionWeekl3 

Home's  Introduction  to  Scriptures  13 

"          Abridgment  of  ditto            .  13 

Horsley's  (Bp.)  Biblical  Criticism-  13 

"        ''          Psalms  -        -        -  13 

Jebb's  (Dp.)  Protestant  Kempis     -  14 

"            "     Pastoral  Instructions  14 

"  "     ('orrespond.  with  Knox  14 

Knox's  (Alexander)  Remains         -  15 

Laing's  Notes  on  Ronge's  Schism  •  16 

I.anctcin  Parsonage  -         .15 

Letters  to  My  l'nkno«-n  Friends    -  16 

Maitland'B  Cliurch  in  the  Catacombs  19 

Marriage  Gift 20 

M  ichclet'sPriests,Women  ,&  Families21 

"         and  Qumet's  Jesuits        .  21 

Milner's  Church  History         -        .  21 

Moore  On  the  Use  of  the  Body        -  22 

"            "        Sc»ul  and  Body           .  22 

M(.sbcim's  Ecclesiastical  History  -  22 

Pari.ble»(The,         -         ...  2;) 

Parkes's  Domestic  Duties        -        -  23 

Peter  Plymley's  I^alers-        .        -  24 

Pitman's  Sermons  on  the  Psalms  •  24 

Quinet's  Chrislianily       -         -         -  25 

Riddle's  Letters  from  B  Godfather  -  25 

Robinson's  Greck^English  Lexicon  26 

Sandford's  Parochialia    .        -        -  26 

"           Female  Improvement    -  2C 

"       On  Woman       -                .  2fi 

Sermon  on  the  Mount(The)  -        -  26 

Shepherd's  Hora>  Apostolicir           .  2^ 

Smilh'B(G.)  Perilous  Times  -        .  '27 

"         *'     ReligionofAne.  Britain  27 

"       Female  Disciple          -  27 

"       (Sydney)  Sermons     -        -  27 

Southey's  Life  of  Wesley        -        -  28 

Stebbing's  Church  History     -        -  28 

Tate's  History  of  St.  Paul       -        .  29 


Pag«». 

Tayler's  Dora  Melder       .        .        -    29 

"       Lady  Mary  -        .        .29 

"       Margaret;  or,  the  Pearl    .     29 

"      Sermons     .        -        -        .29 

Taylor's(Bjp.  Jeremy)  Works          -    29 

Tomline'B  Christian  Theology       .    30 

"  Introduction  to  the  Bible  30 

Trollope's  Analecla  Theologies      -     31 

Turner's  Sacred  History  -        -        -    31 

Wartllaw's  Socinian  Controversy    -    31 

Weil's  Bible,  Koran,  and  Talmud      32 

Whitley's  Life  Everlasting     -        .    32 

Wilberforce's  View  of  Christianity    32 

WUloughby'B  (Lady)  Diary    .        -    32 

linral  Sports. 

Blaine's  Dictionary  of  Sports          -  4 

Hansard's  Fishing  in  Wales             -  12 

Hawker's  InslructioostoSp^irtsmen  12 

Loudon's  Lady's  Country  Comp.  .  17 

SUbIc  Talk  and  Table  Talk  .        .  2S 

The  Sciences  and  Mathematics, 

Bakewell's  Introduction  to  Geology  4 

Balmain's  lessons  on  Chemistry    .  4 

Brande's  Dictionary  of  Science,  &c.  5 

Brewster's  Optics    ...        -  5 

De  laBeche'sGeologyofComwall.&c.  8 

Donovan's  Chemistry      ...  8 

Elliot's  Geometry    -        .        -         -  9 

Farey  On  the  Steam  Engine  -        -  9 

Fosbroke  On  the  Ancient  Arts,  &c.  10 

Gower's  Scientific  Phenomena       -  In 

Greener  On  the  Gun        .        -        -  11 

Herschel's  Natural  Philosophy      -  12 

'*          Astronomy    -        -        -  12 

Holland's  Manufactures  in  Metal  .  12 

Humboldt's  Cosmos        ...  14 

Hunt's  Researches  on  Light  -        -  14 

Kane's  Elements  of  Chemistry        -  15 

Kater  and  Lardner's  Mechanic*      -  15 

La  Place's  System  of  the  World     -  15 

Lardner's  Cabinet  Cyclop»dia       -  16 

"  Hydrostatics&PneumatiesIA 

"          and  Walker's  Electricity  16 

"           Arithmetic      -        -        -  16 

**          Geometry         .        -        -  IC 

"          Treatise  on  Heat   .        .16 

Lerebours  on  Photography     .        .16 

Lloyd  On  Light  and  Vision     .        -  17 

Low's  Chemistry    -        -        -        -  18 

Mackenzie's  Physiology  of  Vision  -  19 

Marcct's  (Mr8.)'Conversations        19-120 

Memoirs  of  the  Geological  Survey  20 

Moseley'e  Practical  Mechanics        -  22 

"        F.ngineering&.Vrchitccture  22 

Nesbit's  Mensuration     .        .        .  "22 

Owen's  Lectureson  Comp.  Anatomy  23 

Pearson's  Practical  .\stronomy      -  23 

Peschel's  Elements  of  Physics        -  24 

Phillips's  Fossils  of  Cornwall,  &c.  24 

"          Guide  to  Geology     .        .  21 

"          Treatise  on  Geology        -  24 

"         Introduct.  to  Mineralogy  24 

Poisson's  Mecb.inics       -        .        -  24 

Portlock's  Geology  of  Lomlonderry  '24 

Powell's  Natural  Philosophy  -        -  24 

Quarterly  Journal  of  the  Geol.  Soc.  24 

Ritchie  On  Railwa>-8       -         -        -  25 

Roberts's  Dictionary  of  Geology     .  26 

Thomson's  Algebra        -                 -  30 

Travels. 

Allan's  Meiliterrancan    -        .        -  3 

Cct.l,  v's  World  Surveyed         -        -  7 

Costello's  .Miss)  Nort"li  Wales       .  7 

De  Custine's  Russia        ...  8 

fk-  Stnelecki's  New  South  Wales  -  8 

Ermans  Travels  throuifh  Siberia  -  7 

Harris's  Highlands  of  .Ethiopia     -  12 

Howitt's  (K.)  Australia  Felix         -  14 

King's  .\rgentine  Republic    -        -  15 

Laing's  Note's  of  a  Traveller  -        -  15 

"        Tour  in  Sweden          -        -  15 

Lifeof  a  Travelling  Physician        -  10 

Mackav's  English  Lakes         -         -  19 

Monlauhjin's  Travels  in  the  F.ast  -  21 

Parrot's  Ascent  of  Mount  Ararat  7 

Paton's{A.  A.)  Servia    -        -        -  i3 

"        *•          Modern  Syriana    .  23 
Pedestrian  Reminiscences     .        .23 

Seaward's  Narrative        .        -        -  26 

Tiscbendorf  "6  Russia      -         .        .  30 

Von  Orlich'B  Travels  in  India         .  31 

Veterinary  Medicine,  S\C. 

Field's  Veterinary  Records     -        -  10 

Mib'S  On  the  Horse's  Foot     -         -  21 

Morton's  Veterinary  Meilicine        -  22 

"          "       Toxlcrdogical  Chart  22 

Percivall's  Ilippopatholoiry    -        -  23 

"           Anatomy  of  the  Horse  .  23 

Spooncr  On  Fool  and  I.egofllorsc  28 

St;iMe  Talk  and  Table  Talk            .  28 

Thomson  On  Fattening  Cattle      -  30 

Turner  On  the  Foot  ofthe  Horse  31 

Winter  On  the  Horse     -        -        -  32 


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JEBB   (BISHOP)    AND    KNOX    (ALEXANDKR).  -  THIRTY 

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KATER  AND  LARDNER.-A  TREATISE  ON  MECHANICS. 

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KING   (COL.    J.    A.)-TWENTY-FOIIR    YEARS    IN   THE 

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LINDLEY.-GUIDK  TO  ORCHARD  AND  KITCHEN  GARDEN; 

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LORIMER.-LETTERS  TO  A  YOUNG  MASTER  MARINER, 

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LOUDON  (MRSJ-THE  LADY'S  COUNTRY  COMPANION; 

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LOUDON.-AN  ENCYCLOPi^.DIA  OF  TREES  AND  SHRUBS ; 

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LOUDON.-AN  ENCYCLOPEDIA  OF  COTTAGE,  FARM,  AND 

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Design  accompanied  by  Analytical  and  Critical  Remarks.  Hy  J.  C.  Loudon,  F.L.S.  &c. 
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LOUDON. -THE    SUBURBAN    GARDENER    AND   VILLA 

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